Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 92591
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Matty and Betty
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1774
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1777
Rig Ship
Tonnage 70
Standardized tonnage IMP 128
Guns mounted 12
Vessel owners Ratcliffe, Thomas
Bostock, Rob
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by United States with slaves
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP US
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
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
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Martinique, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Martinique, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
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
First region of slave landing Martinique
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Martinique
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1777
Date voyage began 1777-06-04
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1777-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Hewan, John
Crew at voyage outset 35
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 359
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 328
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 328
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 McBurney, pp. 239-64:

McBurney, Christian, Dark Voyage (Yardley, PA, 2022)


SchofieldArchive:

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