Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 90011
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Carolina
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1743
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1744
Rig Ship
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 146
Guns mounted 12
Vessel owners Strong, Matthew
Spencer, Lawrence
Ogden, Edmund
Gregson, William
Whytell, Christoph
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, 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 Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
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
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1745
Date voyage began 1744-08-11
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1745-03-19
Date vessel departed for homeport 1745-08-07
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 220
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Strong, Matthew
Willan, John
Crew at voyage outset 30
Crew at first landing of slaves 11
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 250
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 354
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 294
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 294
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 294
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 JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, f. 14r:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
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Daily Gazeteer (London)


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Daily Gazeteer (London)


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Daily Gazeteer (London)


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Colonial Office BNA (Kew)