Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 90264
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Telemachus
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Newbury
Year constructed 1747
Place registered Salem
Year registered 1747
Rig Ship
Tonnage 140
Standardized tonnage IMP 254
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Cummings, Witter
Pardoe, James
Fletcher, Potter
Harris, Benjamin
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 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 South Carolina, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
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 South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1750
Date voyage began 1749-??-??
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1750-08-06
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1751-02-15
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Bannister, Robert
Work, Joseph
Crew at voyage outset 14
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 400
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 500
Total slaves embarked IMP 500
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 428
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 LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
Donnan,IV,301:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


LList, 17 July 1750:

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


LList, 21 Aug 1750:

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


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