Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82977
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Othello
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1769
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
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 Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of slaves or during slaving
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
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 Windward Coast (Nunez - Assini)
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Tortola, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Tortola, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended
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 Other Africa
First region of slave landing Tortola
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Tortola
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1783
Date voyage began 1782-08-28
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1783-04-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Johnson, James
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 240
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
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 213
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP
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 LR1783: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
LList, 20 May 1783:

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


LList, 8 July 1783:

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


LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
T70/1545:

Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts


Williams,566: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).