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 |
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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). |