Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91708
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Meredith
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1771
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1771
Rig Ship
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 218
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Sandys, Samuel
Mackmillan, Robert
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 Sierra Leone estuary
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing St. Kitts, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Kitts, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing St. Kitts
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP St. Kitts
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1772
Date voyage began 1771-09-30
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1772-10-31
Date vessel departed for homeport 1772-11-25
Date voyage completed 1773-01-14
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 397
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Wilding, Richard
Quirk, Cornelius
Crew at voyage outset 31
Crew at first landing of slaves 20
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 300
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 355
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 290
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 284
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 290
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 61.7%
Percentage women IMP 38.3%
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 61.7%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 42.69
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).
C109/401:

Chancery, BNA (Kew)


CO152/32,61:

BNA (Kew)


BT6/3,122v:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

BT98/33,74:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade