Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 90385
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Foster
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed British plantations
Year constructed
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1730
Rig Brig
Tonnage 60
Standardized tonnage IMP 110
Guns mounted 8
Vessel owners Armitage, Robert
Conliff
Reed
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 Gold Coast, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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 England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1743
Date voyage began 1742-07-29
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1743-03-03
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1743-08-10
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 217
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Ried, Saml.
Drape, Joseph
Crew at voyage outset 22
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 216
Total slaves embarked IMP 216
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 210
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 210
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. 13r:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


ADM7/83:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
DailyG,43.05.27:

Daily Gazeteer (London)


Prior,pp. 12-13:

Prior, Thomas, An authentic narrative of the success of tar-water in curing a great number… (Dublin, 1746)