Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82935
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Nicholson
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1802
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 258
Standardized tonnage IMP 258
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Shaw, 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 Congo River
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Congo River
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Charleston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1806
Date voyage began 1806-06-13
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1806-12-15
Date vessel departed for homeport 1807-03-03
Date voyage completed 1807-04-12
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 185
Middle passage (days) IMP 60
Captain and Crew Captain's name Kermode, William
Crew at voyage outset 42
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 3
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 364
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 400
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 360
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 360
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 LR1807: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/67,173:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LiverpoolDirectory,97-100: Gore's Directory (Liverpool, 1807).
Donnan,IV,515-17:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


LList, 16 Dec 1806:

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


LList, 23 Jan 1807:

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


LList, 14 Apr 1807:

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


McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.
MMM, C/EX/L/5/5,1802.122: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books