Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 90744
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Perfect
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1752
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1758
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 70
Standardized tonnage IMP 128
Guns mounted 8
Vessel owners Crosbie, William
Crosbie, John
Trafford, Richard
Trafford, William
Lea, Peter
Potter, William
Hodgson, Robert
Grayson, Anthony
Nunes, John
Rankine, William
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Destroyed, lost or sold as result of slave rebellion
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves perished with ship
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP African
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Sherbro
Second place of slave purchase Mano
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Mano
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Freetown
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Sierra Leone
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1759
Date voyage began 1758-09-02
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1759-01-12
Date vessel arrived with slaves
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Potter, William
Crew at voyage outset 18
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 200
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 109
Total slaves embarked IMP 104
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 104
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).
D'Auvergne,73-4: D'Auvergne, Edmund B., Human Livestock, (London, n.d.).
Williams,666: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
RWJ,59.05.26.: Read's Weekly Journal; or, British Gazetteer
Owen, 105-6: Owen, Nicholas, Journal of a Slave-Dealer: A View of Some Remarkable Axcedents in the Life of Nics. Owen on the Coast of Africa and America from the Year 1746 to the Year 1757, edited and with an introduction by Evelyn Martin (London, 1930).
RWJ,59.06.09.: Read's Weekly Journal; or, British Gazetteer