Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83184
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Prince
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1785
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 52
Standardized tonnage IMP 52
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Dawson, John
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation
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 Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Coast Castle
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
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1792
Date voyage began 1791-06-??
Date trade began in Africa 1791-08-22
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1792-12-03
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 Nixon, Thomas
Taylor, Richard
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 86
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 101
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 94
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 94
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 LR1792: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T70/1563:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO140/89,367:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


kg, 1-8 Dec 1792: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
craig,141: Craig, Robert and Rupert Jarvis, Liverpool Registry of Merchant Ships (Manchester, 1967).
LList, 2 Aug 1791:

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


LList, 1 Jan 1793:

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