Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82325
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Liverpool Hero
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed France, place unspecified
Year constructed 1777
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 218
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Cooper, John
Davenport, William
Lace, Ambrose
Parke, Thomas
Heywood, Benjamin Arthur
Earle, William
Earle, Thomas (Jr)
Earle, William (Jr)
Heywood, Benjamin
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 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 Dominica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Dominica, place unspecified
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 Dominica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dominica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1784
Date voyage began 1783-03-16
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1784-01-26
Date vessel departed for homeport 1784-02-17
Date voyage completed 1784-04-13
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 316
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Cooper, John
Crew at voyage outset 41
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 4
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 500
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 437
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 400
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 400
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).
BT98/44,99:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1545:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


T70/1549:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
LList, 12 Sept 1783:

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


LList, 19 Mar 1784:

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


BT6/41,ff.46,49,56,61:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade