Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81606
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Golden Age
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Havana
Year constructed 1779
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1783
Rig Ship
Tonnage 377
Standardized tonnage IMP 377
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Heywood, Benjamin Arthur
Parke, Thomas
Leyland, Thomas
Earle, Thomas
Earle, William (Jr)
Fayrer, Joseph
Jolly, Thomas
Tarleton, Thomas
Tarleton, John
Backhouse, Daniel
Hinde, Thomas
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 Whydah, Ouidah
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1784
Date voyage began 1783-10-15
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1784-11-25
Date vessel departed for homeport 1785-01-29
Date voyage completed 1785-04-11
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 407
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Fayrer, Joseph
Crew at voyage outset 50
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 6
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 800
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 650
Total slaves embarked IMP 650
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 503
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 503
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 503
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 49.5%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 49.42
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 147
Mortality rate IMP 23.0%
Source Sources LR1784: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/45,117:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1549:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


CO142/19:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


Lambert,69,III,Appendix,Jamaica: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
Crooks,73: Crooks, J.J. (ed.), Records Relating to the Gold Coast Settelements from 1750 to 1874 (London, 1923).
LList, 1 Feb 1785:

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


LList, 8 Feb 1785:

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


LList, 15 Apr 1785:

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


Dumbell: University of Liverpool Library (Liverpool, UK) Dumbell papers 10/46-52
MCC,429:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie