Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91085
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name True Blue
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1758
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1763
Rig Ship
Tonnage 160
Standardized tonnage IMP 257
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Parr, Edward
Welch, John
Goad, John
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 Bight of Benin, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Benin
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Upper James River
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Upper James River
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Virginia
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Virginia
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1764
Date voyage began 1763-06-13
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1764-06-21
Date vessel departed for homeport 1764-08-01
Date voyage completed 1764-10-13
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 374
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Hutton, Joshua
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 36
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 442
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 361
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 361
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).
Minch,166-67: Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984).