Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81967
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name James
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1758
Place registered England, place unspecified
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 110
Standardized tonnage IMP 200
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Fisher, Ralph
Kewley, John
Hodgson, John
Hodgson, Thomas
Dickinson, 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 Gambia
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gambia
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Charleston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1784
Date voyage began 1784-01-21
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1784-09-20
Date vessel departed for homeport 1784-10-19
Date voyage completed 1784-11-30
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 243
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Forrest, James
Crew at voyage outset 25
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 10
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 300
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 317
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 290
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 290
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 LR1784: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/44,307:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LivRO,942HOL(10),477: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 942 HOL, Materials towards a History of Liverpool collected by John Holt and Matthew Gregson, vol. 10
LList, 11 June 1784:

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


LList, 2 Nov 1784:

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


LList, 23 Nov 1784:

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


LList, 3 Dec 1784:

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


McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.