Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91896
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Little Ben
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1769
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1772
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 146
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Ratcliffe, Thomas
Harvey, Thomas
Bostock, Robert
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 South Carolina, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
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 South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1773
Date voyage began 1772-07-07
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1773-05-31
Date vessel departed for homeport 1773-06-24
Date voyage completed 1773-08-26
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 328
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Melling, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 19
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 5
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 124
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 106
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 106
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).
Donnan,IV,453:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


LList, 23 July 1773:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


BT6/3,123v:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

BT98/33,225:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LList, 31 Aug 1773:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)