Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 92337
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Liverpool Merchant
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1724
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1724
Rig Ship
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 146
Guns mounted 8
Vessel owners Cunliffe, Foster
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 Gambia
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gambia
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing South Potomac
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP South Potomac
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
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 Virginia
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Virginia
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1737
Date voyage began 1736-12-06
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1737-06-30
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1737-11-27
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 206
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Goulding, Matthew
Bootle, James
Crew at voyage outset 20
Crew at first landing of slaves 20
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 222
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 190
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 190
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 ADM7/82:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


Minch,93: Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984).
DailyG,37.12.01.:

Daily Gazeteer (London)