Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91911
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 1773
Rig Ship
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 218
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Barber, Miles
Sandys, 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 Iles de Los
Second place of slave purchase Sierra Leone estuary
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 Tobago, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing St. Augustine
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Augustine
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing Tobago
Second region of slave landing Florida
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Florida
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1775
Date voyage began 1775-04-14
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1775-09-24
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1775-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1776-01-??
Date voyage completed 1776-07-31
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Woodville, William
Grace
Wendover, John
Crew at voyage outset 40
Crew at first landing of slaves
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 350
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 286
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 286
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).
LR1776: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
LList, 5 Apr 1776:

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


LList, 14 May 1776:

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


LList, 4 June 1776:

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


LList, 30 July 1776:

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


LList, 2 Aug 1776:

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


ADM68/203,190:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)