Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82976
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Othello
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1769
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1781
Rig Brig
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 100
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Heywood, Benjamin Arthur
Earle, William
Earle, Thomas
Earle, William (Jr)
Parke, Thomas
Copland, John
Davenport, 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 Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Sierra Leone estuary
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
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 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 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 1782
Date voyage began 1781-07-01
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1782-01-10
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1782-06-23
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 193
Middle passage (days) IMP 33
Captain and Crew Captain's name Johnson, James
Crew at voyage outset 32
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 1
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
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 205
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 190
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 190
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 LR1782: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/42,130:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO142/20:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


kg, 5-12 Jan 1782: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
cc, 19 Jan 1782: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
Williams,565-66: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
LList, 12 Mar 1782:

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


LList, 25 June 1782:

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