Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 91427 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Neptune | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Shoreham | |
Year constructed | 1755 | |
Place registered | Liverpool | |
Year registered | 1768 | |
Rig | Brigantine | |
Tonnage | 100 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 182 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Davenport, William Earle, William Jennings, Robert Parker, John Black, Patrick Kelly, Thomas |
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Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Sold in the Americas after disembarking slaves |
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 | Calabar | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Calabar | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Grenada, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
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 | 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 | Grenada | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Grenada | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1768 |
Date voyage began | 1768-03-04 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1768-12-28 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 299 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Potter, John |
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 | 150 |
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 | 169 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 150 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 144 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 150 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 32.6% |
Percentage women IMP | 16.0% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 26.4% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 25.0% | |
Percentage male IMP | 59.0% | |
Percentage children IMP | 51.4% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 32.56 | |
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).
DTA: University of Keele, Archives (Keele, UK) Raymond Richards Collection, Davies-Davenport Papers LR1768: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London). BFP22/BI/F4: University of Melbourne Archives (Melbourne, Australia) Bright Family Papers |