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 Trade

T70/1586,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