Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 83348 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Robert | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Americas, region unspecified | |
Year constructed | 1797 | |
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 252 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 252 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Mullion, Hamlet | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Captured by the French - after embarkation of slaves |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | French | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Liverpool |
First place of slave purchase | Cameroons | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Cameroons | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Martinique, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Martinique, place unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
First region of slave landing | Martinique | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Martinique | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1808 |
Date voyage began | 1806-10-12 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1808-02-05 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1808-03-12 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 517 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 36 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Phillips, James |
Crew at voyage outset | 54 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | 15 | |
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 280 |
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 | 310 | |
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 | 279 | |
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 | LR1807: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
LR1808: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London). BT98/68,373: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeT70/1586,pt2: Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts LiverpoolDirectory,97-100: Gore's Directory (Liverpool, 1807). LList, 17 Oct 1806: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 7 Nov 1806: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 17 May 1808: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Williams,416-17: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897). MMM, C/EX/L/5/6,1805.088: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books |