Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82917
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Neptune
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1774
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1781
Rig Ship
Tonnage 216
Standardized tonnage IMP 216
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Copland, John
Parke, Thomas
Heywood, Benjamin Arthur
Earle, Thomas
Earle, William (Jr)
Ansdell, Thomas
Jolly, Thomas
Beale, Benjamin
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 Whydah, Ouidah
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
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 1783
Date voyage began 1782-01-30
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1783-01-28
Date vessel departed for homeport 1783-04-08
Date voyage completed 1783-06-16
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 363
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Jolly, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 56
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 7
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 500
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 450
Total slaves embarked IMP 450
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 421
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 420
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 57.7%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 30
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources LR1783: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/43,147:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1545:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1548:

British National Archives (Kew)


cc, 8 Feb 1783: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
Lambert,69,III,Appendix,Jamaica: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
LList, 11 Feb 1783:

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