Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83214
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Princess Amelia
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Prize (unknown place)
Year constructed
Place registered London
Year registered 1803
Rig Ship
Tonnage 294
Standardized tonnage IMP 294
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Taylor, Robert
Hughan, Thomas
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Condemned - Americas 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 London
First place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
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 Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
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 1803
Date voyage began 1803-03-26
Date trade began in Africa 1803-05-10
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1803-12-29
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 278
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Bogle, Peter
Laten, John
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
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 340
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 306
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 306
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 LR1803: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T70/1581:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO142/21:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


ADM7/375:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


PP,1806(265),XIII,no.1:

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


McLeod,72-151: McLeod, John, A Voyage to Africa with Some Account of the Manners and Customs of the Dahomian People (London, 1820).
ST.I.F, 29 Dec 1803: Institute of Commonwealth Studies (London, UK) Simon Taylor Archive
bm, 6 Sept 1803: Barbados Mercury
LList, 29 Mar 1803:

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


LList, 23 Dec 1803:

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


LList, 10 Feb 1804:

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


LList, 13 Mar 1804:

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