Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82032
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name John
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Non-British
Year constructed 1787
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1795
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 120
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Ratcliffe, Jonathan
Parr, John (Jr)
Parr, Thomas
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold in the Americas after disembarking slaves
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 Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount)
Second place of slave purchase Bance/Bunce Island
Third place of slave purchase Bassa
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast, place unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Savanna la Mar
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Spanish Town
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Third region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Windward 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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1796
Date voyage began 1795-05-30
Date trade began in Africa 1795-07-12
Date vessel departed Africa 1795-11-18
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1796-01-07
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 222
Middle passage (days) IMP 50
Captain and Crew Captain's name Dixon, John
Hume, Robert
Crew at voyage outset 16
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 200
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 200
Total slaves embarked IMP 200
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 197
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 197
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 59.9%
Percentage women IMP 35.5%
Percentage boys IMP 2.5%
Percentage girls IMP 2.0%
Percentage male IMP 62.4%
Percentage children IMP 4.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 3
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources LR1796: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/56,115:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO142/23,8:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


PP,1806(265),XIII,no.2:

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PP,1801-2(88),IV,no.1:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


T64/286,42:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


T70/1574:

British National Archives (Kew)


PP,1795-6(849),XLII:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


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PP,1799(966),XLVIII:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


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LList, 8 Jan 1796:

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


LList, 23 Feb 1796:

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


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