Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83815
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Tom
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed 1771
Place registered Lancaster
Year registered 1792
Rig Ship
Tonnage 170
Standardized tonnage IMP 170
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Sawrey, James
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 Lancaster
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 Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, 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 Barbados
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1793
Date voyage began 1792-03-24
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1793-11-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Ainsworth, William
Collins, Tobias
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 283
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 43
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 39
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 39
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 LR1793: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T64/286,30:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


LList, 14 Feb 1794:

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


Schofield,264-71:

Schofield, Maurice M. "Chester Slave Trading Partnerships, 1750-1756, "Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 130 (1980): 187-190