Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83183
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 1788
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 56
Standardized tonnage IMP 56
Guns mounted
Vessel owners 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 Lagos, Onim
Third place of slave purchase Bight of Benin, place unspecified
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin, place unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Grenada, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Grenada, place 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 Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Grenada
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Grenada
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1791
Date voyage began 1790-09-24
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1791-03-16
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1791-04-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1791-05-30
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Hunter, James
Jones
Crew at voyage outset 11
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 93
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 150
Total slaves embarked IMP 150
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 119
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 119
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 65.5%
Percentage women IMP 26.9%
Percentage boys IMP 6.7%
Percentage girls IMP 0.8%
Percentage male IMP 72.3%
Percentage children IMP 7.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 31
Mortality rate IMP 21.0%
Source Sources LR1791: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/51,154:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1563:

British National Archives (Kew)


PP,1792(766-7),XXXV:

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


HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.25: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
Crow,32-34: Crow, Hugh, Memoirs of the Late Captain Hugh Crow of Liverpool (London, 1830).
LList, 3 June 1791:

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