Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80409
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Bacchus
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Bristol
Year constructed 1775
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 295
Standardized tonnage IMP 295
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Weston, John
Milburn, Issac
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Condemned - Americas after disembarkation
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Calabar
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Calabar
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Trinidad, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Trinidad, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended
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 Trinidad
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Trinidad
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1807
Date voyage began 1807-04-30
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1807-12-21
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 235
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Houghton, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 41
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 8
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 297
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 310
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 279
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 LR1808: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/69,149:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LiverpoolDirectory,97-100: Gore's Directory (Liverpool, 1807).
LList, 9 Oct 1807:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 29 Dec 1807:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 2 Feb 1808:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 4 Mar 1808:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


MMM, C/EX/L/5/5,1804.055: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books