Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83180
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Prince
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1785
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1787
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 52
Standardized tonnage IMP 52
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 Anomabu
Second place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Anomabu
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Trinidad, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Trinidad, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Trinidad
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Trinidad
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1788
Date voyage began 1787-04-07
Date trade began in Africa 1787-06-15
Date vessel departed Africa 1788-04-25
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1788-07-24
Date vessel departed for homeport 1788-09-08
Date voyage completed 1788-11-04
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 474
Middle passage (days) IMP 90
Captain and Crew Captain's name Parke, Edward
Crew at voyage outset 14
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 150
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 109
Total slaves embarked IMP 109
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 8
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 LR1789: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/48,387:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LivRO,942HOL(10),481: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 942 HOL, Materials towards a History of Liverpool collected by John Holt and Matthew Gregson, vol. 10
T70/1555:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1556:

British National Archives (Kew)


Add.mss,38416,ff.1-2:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


PP,1789(631),XXIV:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


craig,77: Craig, Robert and Rupert Jarvis, Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships (Manchester, 1967).
LList, 30 May 1788:

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


LList, 22 July 1788:

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


LList, 2 Sept 1788:

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


LList, 4 Nov 1788:

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


LList, 11 Nov 1788:

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