Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 90773
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Upton
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Maryland, port unspecified
Year constructed 1749
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1759
Rig Ship
Tonnage 180
Standardized tonnage IMP 281
Guns mounted 17
Vessel owners Gildart, James
Barnes, Abraham
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 North Potomac
Second place of slave landing South Potomac
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP North 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 Maryland
Second region of slave landing Virginia
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Maryland
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1761
Date voyage began 1761-02-09
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1761-10-10
Date vessel departed for homeport 1762-02-19
Date voyage completed 1762-05-07
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 243
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Pemberton, Samuel
Birch
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 35
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 400
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 168
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 137
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 107
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 30
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 137
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).
Lambert,73,367,376: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
MSA, S205-1: Maryland State Archives (Annapolis, Maryland, USA) S205-1, Access no. 20,422-318/320, Naval Officer (General File), 1761-64, North Potomac, Vessel clearances, Account of Duties on Negroes, pitch, etc., 29 September 1761-29 September 1762
Walsh Maryland Database: Walsh, Lorena, Database of slave trading voyages to Maryland
Minch,160-61: Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984).