Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 81813 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Hero | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Prize (taken from French) | |
Year constructed | 1775 | |
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 350 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 398 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Shaw, Samuel Shaw, John Crosbie, William (Jr) Greenwood, John Blundell, Jonathan Wilcox, Daniel |
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Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Captured by the French - before slaves embarked |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Old World | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | French | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Liverpool |
First place of slave purchase | ||
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | ||
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | ||
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | ||
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | ||
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | ||
First region of slave landing | ||
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | ||
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1780 |
Date voyage began | 1780-03-24 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | ||
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Wilcox, Daniel |
Crew at voyage outset | 40 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | ||
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | |
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 | ||
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
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 | ||
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 | LR1781: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/40: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeWilliams,266-67: 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). |