| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 82482 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Mars | |
| Flag | Great Britain | |
| Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
| Place constructed | Liverpool | |
| Year constructed | 1769 | |
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Ship | |
| Tonnage | 140 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 254 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Earle, William Earl, Thomas Copland, John Davenport, William Parke Heywood |
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| Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Captured and recaptured after disembarking slaves |
| Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
| Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Captor unspecified | |
| 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 | Windward Coast, place unspecified | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Windward Coast, place unspecified | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | St. Kitts, port unspecified | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | St. Kitts, port unspecified | |
| Place where voyage ended | ||
| Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
| First region of slave purchase | Windward Coast | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Windward Coast | |
| First region of slave landing | St. Kitts | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | St. Kitts | |
| Region where voyage ended | ||
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1781 |
| Date voyage began | 1780-07-22 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1781-08-12 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 386 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Forsyth, John |
| Crew at voyage outset | 36 | |
| Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
| Crew deaths during voyage | 9 | |
| 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 | 202 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
| Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 185 | |
| Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
| Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
| Total slaves disembarked IMP | 185 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 35.7% |
| Percentage women IMP | 19.5% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 21.1% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 23.8% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 56.8% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 44.9% | |
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 40.6 | |
| 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).
BT98/42,106: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeWilliams,279-80: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897). LList, 25 Jan 1782: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) MMM,D/DAV,Accts,Mars: Merseyside Maritime Museum (Liverpool, UK) D/DAV, William Davenport Archives, 1747-1794 |