| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 82689 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Mercury | |
| Flag | Great Britain | |
| Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | ||
| Tonnage | 126 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 126 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Ratcliffe, John Thompson, William Hauit, George |
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| Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Captured by the French - after embarkation of slaves |
| Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves embarked, transhipped or no further record | |
| Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | French | |
| 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 | Bance/Bunce Island | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Bance/Bunce Island | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | Americas, port unspecified | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Americas, port unspecified | |
| Place where voyage ended | ||
| 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 | ||
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | Americas | |
| Region where voyage ended | ||
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1793 |
| Date voyage began | 1793-01-01 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | 1793-08-07 | |
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | ||
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Hauit, George |
| Crew at voyage outset | 23 | |
| Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
| Crew deaths during voyage | 2 | |
| Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 210 |
| 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 | 211 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
| 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 | 192 | |
| 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 | BT98/54,253: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeT64/286,35: 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 cc, 29 June 1793: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay) LList, 26 July 1793: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 27 Dec 1793: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 11 Feb 1794: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Williams,313: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897). Macaulay,Journal, 93.08.07.: Huntington Library (San Marino, California, USA) MY 1-1014, Papers of Zachary Macaulay (1793-1888) |