Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83353
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Robust
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed France, place unspecified
Year constructed 1779
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 346
Standardized tonnage IMP 346
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Colley, John Eckley
Ward, Joseph
Wilson, Charles
Begg, William
Hammond, Benjamin
Rigmaiden, Thomas
Houghton, John
Fisher, Ralph
Carruthers, James
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 Calabar
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Calabar
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 Liverpool
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 Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1794
Date voyage began 1793-03-24
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1794-05-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1794-07-23
Date voyage completed 1794-09-24
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Forrest, Archibald
Shaw, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 52
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 16
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 480
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 175
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 160
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 160
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 LR1794: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/54,317:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1566:

British National Archives (Kew)


T64/286,35:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


HLRO,MP,HL,94.03.22: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
NMM,Log/M/21,f.89: National Maritime Museum, Library (Greenwich, UK)
Williams,313: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
LList, 7 Mar 1794:

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


LList, 27 May 1794:

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


LList, 4 July 1794:

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


LList, 26 Sept 1794:

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