Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 90640 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Judith | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Liverpool | |
Year constructed | 1752 | |
Place registered | Liverpool | |
Year registered | 1756 | |
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 120 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 218 | |
Guns mounted | 12 | |
Vessel owners | Welch, John Parr, Edward Howard, John Southworth, Nicholas Cheshyre, John Gorell, John |
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Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Captured by the French - after embarkation of slaves |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | French | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Liverpool |
First place of slave purchase | Malembo | |
Second place of slave purchase | Rio Dande (N of Luanda) | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Grenada, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | New Orleans | |
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Grenada, place unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
Second region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
First region of slave landing | Grenada | |
Second region of slave landing | Gulf coast | |
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Grenada | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1758 |
Date voyage began | 1757-11-14 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1758-05-09 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1758-07-21 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 249 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 73 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Gill, William Heyes, William |
Crew at voyage outset | 45 | |
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 | 419 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 419 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 381 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 259 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | 122 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 381 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 40.2% |
Percentage women IMP | 18.1% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 27.6% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 14.2% | |
Percentage male IMP | 67.7% | |
Percentage children IMP | 41.7% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 38 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 9.0% | |
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).
Williams,666: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897). ANSOM, C13A 40, f.189+: ANSOM (Aix-la-Chapelle) Ingersoll,140: Ingersoll, Thomas N.,"The Slave Trade and the Ethnic Diversity of Louisiana's Slave Community," Louisiana History, 36 (1996) 2: 133-161. Donnan,IV,657-60: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) |