Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83600
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Spy
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Prize (taken from French)
Year constructed 1774
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 334
Standardized tonnage IMP 334
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Chambers, Christopher
Rolleston, Robert
Wilson, Thomas
Sargent, John
Higginson, Edmund
Barnard, Daniel
Wheeler, Charles John
Parry, William (Sr)
Parry, William (Jr)
Parry, Thomas
Ludlam, 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 London
First place of slave purchase Ambriz
Second place of slave purchase Cabinda
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing Martha Brae
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing Jamaica
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 1793-10-01
Date trade began in Africa 1793-12-03
Date vessel departed Africa 1794-03-25
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1794-06-12
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1794-10-13
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 254
Middle passage (days) IMP 79
Captain and Crew Captain's name Wilson, Thomas
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 468
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 468
Total slaves embarked IMP 468
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 465
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 465
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 55.9%
Percentage women IMP 26.9%
Percentage boys IMP 10.8%
Percentage girls IMP 6.5%
Percentage male IMP 66.7%
Percentage children IMP 17.2%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 3
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources LR1794: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
CO140/89,368:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


PP,1795-6(849),XLII:

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


T64/286,14:

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
HLRO,MP,HL,1800.07.28: 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)
cc, 21 June 1794: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
LList, 5 Aug 1794:

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


LList, 14 Oct 1794:

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


HCA16/88:

British National Archives (Kew)