Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81731
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Harlequin
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Spain, place unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 150
Standardized tonnage IMP 272
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Heywood, Benjamin Arthur
Parke, Thomas
Earle, Thomas
Earle, William (Jr)
Leyland, Thomas
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 Anomabu
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Coast Castle
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 Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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 1783
Date voyage began 1782-09-10
Date trade began in Africa 1782-11-27
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1783-03-16
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1783-07-05
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 187
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Fayrer, Joseph
Simmons, John
Crew at voyage outset 45
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 2
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 400
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 543
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 497
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 497
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 497
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 43.23
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1783: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/43,198:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1545:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1548:

British National Archives (Kew)


cc, 22 Mar 1783: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
Williams,286-87: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
LList, 3 June 1783:

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


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