Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91709
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Matty
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1765
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1771
Rig Ship
Tonnage 110
Standardized tonnage IMP 200
Guns mounted 4
Vessel owners Birch, Thomas
Brown, Thomas
Gregson, William
Pemberton, Samuel
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by slaves, recaptured and landed slaves in the Americas
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP African
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance Slave insurrection
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 Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
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 Barbados
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1772
Date voyage began 1771-10-23
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1772-10-13
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1773-01-11
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 356
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Burrows, Benjamin
Pemberton, Samuel
Crew at voyage outset 30
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 250
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 150
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 122
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 122
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).
HCA16/60:

British National Archives (Kew)


TGA, 18 Dec 1772: The General Advertiser