Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81553
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Garland
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Portsmouth
Year constructed 1778
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1790
Rig Ship
Tonnage 525
Standardized tonnage IMP 525
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Dawson, John
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Voyage completed as intended
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Delivered slaves for original owners
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Havana
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Havana
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing Cuba
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Cuba
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1791
Date voyage began 1790-07-24
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1791-02-28
Date vessel departed for homeport 1791-04-09
Date voyage completed 1791-05-08
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 219
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Sherwood, William
Crew at voyage outset 54
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 1
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 659
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 699
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 640
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 640
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 55.5%
Percentage women IMP 25.8%
Percentage boys IMP 9.7%
Percentage girls IMP 8.9%
Percentage male IMP 65.2%
Percentage children IMP 18.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1791: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/51,176:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1562:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


PP,1792(768),XXXV:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


T64/286,22:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


HLRO,MP,HL,94.03.22: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
Klein,Havana dataset:

University of Wisconsin Library (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Klein, Havana data-set, 1790-1820


craig,67: Craig, Robert and Rupert Jarvis, Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships (Manchester, 1967).
LList, 5, 26 Apr 179:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 13 May 1791:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


AGI, Santo Domingo 2207:

Archivo General de Indias (Seville)