Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82491
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 149
Standardized tonnage IMP 149
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Fisher, Ralph
Kewley, John
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
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Africa, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
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 England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1790
Date voyage began 1789-09-07
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1790-09-22
Date vessel departed for homeport 1790-11-01
Date voyage completed 1790-12-24
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 380
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Huson, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 21
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 6
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 248
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 216
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 200
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 200
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 47.41
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1790: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/51,31:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

PP,1792(768),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


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


T64/286,19:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


HLRO,MP,HL,94.03.22: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
craig,121: Craig, Robert and Rupert Jarvis, Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships (Manchester, 1967).
LList, 30 Nov 1790:

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


LList, 28 Dec 1790:

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


Bostock: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 387 MD 54-55, Letterbooks of Robert Bostock