Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91567
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Unity
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1763
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1769
Rig Ship
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted 4
Vessel owners Savage, Richard
Hodgson, Thomas
Dobson, John
Lowe, James
Copeland, John
Green, John
Moneypenny, James
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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase São Tomé
Second place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Third place of slave purchase São Tomé
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing São Tomé
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
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 Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
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 1770
Date voyage began 1769-07-21
Date trade began in Africa 1769-11-16
Date vessel departed Africa 1770-05-31
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1770-07-24
Date vessel departed for homeport 1770-10-28
Date voyage completed 1771-05-24
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 368
Middle passage (days) IMP 54
Captain and Crew Captain's name Norris, Robert
Crew at voyage outset 35
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 2
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 225
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 200
Total slaves embarked 427
Total slaves embarked IMP 427
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 410
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 407
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 410
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 45.7%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 17
Mortality rate IMP 4.0%
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).
LR1768: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
CO137/88,pp.20-25:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


MMM,D/EARLE: Merseyside Maritime Museum (Liverpool, UK) D/EARLE, Earle Family and Business Archive, 1644-1930
Lambert,68,3-4: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).