Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82695
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Mercury
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1788
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 236
Standardized tonnage IMP 236
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Collow, William
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 Jamaica, place unspecified
First place of slave purchase Anomabu
Second place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Anomabu
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 London
Region where voyage began IMP Jamaica
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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 1791
Date voyage began 1790-10-??
Date trade began in Africa 1791-03-05
Date vessel departed Africa 1791-05-31
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1791-07-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1791-09-23
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Bell, John
Fraser
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 370
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 310
Total slaves embarked IMP 310
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 300
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 300
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 60.7%
Percentage women IMP 32.0%
Percentage boys IMP 3.3%
Percentage girls IMP 4.0%
Percentage male IMP 64.0%
Percentage children IMP 7.3%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 10
Mortality rate IMP 3.0%
Source Sources LR1791: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T70/1564,pt1:

British National Archives (Kew)


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


HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.14: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.25: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
LList, 12 Aug 1791:

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


LList, 20 Sept 1791:

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


LList, 27 Sept 1791:

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