Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82490
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Martha
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1788
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1788
Rig Brig
Tonnage 141
Standardized tonnage IMP 141
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Fisher, Ralph
Houghton, John
Kewley, John
Backhouse, John
Rutson, William
Kewley, Patrick
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 Sierra Leone estuary
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Grenada, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Grenada, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing Grenada
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Grenada
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1789
Date voyage began 1788-02-28
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1789-02-03
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1789-03-21
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1789-07-10
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 387
Middle passage (days) IMP 46
Captain and Crew Captain's name Nicholson, Alexander
Crew at voyage outset 31
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 10
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 245
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 227
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 227
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 49.8%
Percentage women IMP 25.1%
Percentage boys IMP 13.2%
Percentage girls IMP 11.9%
Percentage male IMP 63.0%
Percentage children IMP 25.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1789: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/49,229:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

PP,1789(631),XXIV:

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


PP,1792(766-7),XXXV:

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


Lambert,68,357: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
LList, 9 June 1789:

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


LList, 14 July 1789:

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