Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 92566
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name True Briton
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1775
Place registered
Year registered 1775
Rig Ship
Tonnage 150
Standardized tonnage IMP 272
Guns mounted 8
Vessel owners Blundell*
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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1776
Date voyage began 1776-03-17
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1776-06-14
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1776-08-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1776-08-30
Date voyage completed 1776-10-21
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Dawson, John
Crew at voyage outset 45
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 500
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 371
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 340
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 340
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 36.3
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources SchofieldArchive:

Schofield, Maurice M., Notes on Liverpool slave ships between 1774 and 1778, currently held by the Wilberforce Institute (University of Hull).


BT98/37,29:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

Williams,560: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
CO137/91:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)