Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 84066
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name William Fell
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Wreck
Year constructed
Place registered Dominica, place unspecified
Year registered 1790
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 80
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Bourdieu, Pere
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 Dominica, place unspecified
First place of slave purchase Gambia
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gambia
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Dominica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Havana
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Havana
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Dominica
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing Dominica
Second region of slave landing Cuba
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Cuba
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1790
Date voyage began 1790-02-23
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1790-12-16
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 296
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Tighe, Francis
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 133
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 215
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 42
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 158
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 200
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 53.8%
Percentage women IMP 24.1%
Percentage boys IMP 17.1%
Percentage girls IMP 5.1%
Percentage male IMP 70.9%
Percentage children IMP 22.2%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources CO76/6,11:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


PP,1792(766-7),XXXV:

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


Klein,Havana dataset:

University of Wisconsin Library (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Klein, Havana data-set, 1790-1820


LList, 11 Feb 1791:

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


LList, 13 May 1791:

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


AGI, Santo Domingo 2207:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)