Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81646
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Governor Parry
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed New York
Year constructed 1780
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 165
Standardized tonnage IMP 165
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Backhouse, John
Rutson, William
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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Calabar
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Calabar
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 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 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 1793
Date voyage began 1792-08-02
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1793-06-04
Date vessel departed for homeport 1793-08-02
Date voyage completed 1793-10-09
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 306
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Powell, John
Crew at voyage outset 26
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 11
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 275
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 251
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 229
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 229
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources EWHC KB, v. J13, 101 ER 573 Cutter v Powell (9 June 1795):

England and Wales High Court (King's Bench Division) Decisions (British and Irish Legal Information Institute Databases)


cc, 15 June 1793: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
HLRO,MP,HL,94.03.22: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
LR1792: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/54,28:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T64/286,32:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


CO140/89,367:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


LList, 11 Oct 1793:

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


kg, 1-8 June 1793: Royal Gazette (Kingston)