Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82805
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Mosley Hill
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1782
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 376
Standardized tonnage IMP 376
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Baker, Peter
Dawson, John
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 Bonny
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Trinidad, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing La Guaira
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP La Guaira
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 Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing Trinidad
Second region of slave landing Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1784
Date voyage began 1784-05-07
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1784-10-04
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1784-11-30
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 150
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Hewan, John
Crew at voyage outset 51
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 5
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 600
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 701
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 640
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 116
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 500
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 640
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 46.5%
Percentage women IMP 46.2%
Percentage boys IMP 5.0%
Percentage girls IMP 2.2%
Percentage male IMP 51.5%
Percentage children IMP 7.2%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources AGI, Caracas, v. 478, October 18, 1784.:

Archivo General de Indias (Seville)


LR1786: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/44,310:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LivRO,942HOL(10),477: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 942 HOL, Materials towards a History of Liverpool collected by John Holt and Matthew Gregson, vol. 10
LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
LList, 9 Nov 1784:

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


LList, 3 Dec 1784:

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