Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 92309
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Galam
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed King's Lynn
Year constructed 1761
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1763
Rig Brigantine
Tonnage 25
Standardized tonnage IMP 47
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Shaw, Samuel
Blundell, Bryan
Brockbank, William
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
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Saint-Louis
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Grenada, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Grenada, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended British Leewards
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing Grenada
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Grenada
Region where voyage ended Other British Caribbean
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1765
Date voyage began 1764-03-29
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1765-03-06
Date vessel departed for homeport 1765-05-02
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 342
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Hill, John
Shetland
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
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 63
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 56
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 56
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).
LList, 4 May 1764:

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