Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91617
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Barbados Packet
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed France, place unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1770
Rig Brigantine
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted 4
Vessel owners Dillon, Gerard
Mackmillan, Robert
Sands, Samuel
Kendall, James
White, Andrew
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 Windward Coast, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast, place unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Tobago, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Zion Hill
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast
First region of slave landing Tobago
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Tobago
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1772
Date voyage began 1771-09-12
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1772-10-17
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 401
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Barwis, David
Hudson, Harrison
Crew at voyage outset 20
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 108
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 96
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 96
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 45.8%
Percentage women IMP 27.1%
Percentage boys IMP 13.5%
Percentage girls IMP 13.5%
Percentage male IMP 59.4%
Percentage children IMP 27.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 49.85
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).
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