Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80469
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Bell
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1788
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1788
Rig Ship
Tonnage 148
Standardized tonnage IMP 148
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Harper, William
Brade, Robert
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 Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount)
Second place of slave purchase Bassa
Third place of slave purchase New Calabar
Principal place of slave purchase IMP New Calabar
Places of call before Atlantic crossing Annobon
First place of slave landing Dominica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Dominica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing Dominica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dominica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1792
Date voyage began 1791-08-21
Date trade began in Africa 1791-10-20
Date vessel departed Africa 1792-01-14
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1792-03-10
Date vessel departed for homeport 1792-04-09
Date voyage completed 1792-05-16
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 202
Middle passage (days) IMP 56
Captain and Crew Captain's name Rigby, Gilbert
Crew at voyage outset 19
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 1
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 198
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 245
Total slaves embarked IMP 245
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 234
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 228
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 44.4%
Percentage women IMP 36.8%
Percentage boys IMP 7.3%
Percentage girls IMP 11.5%
Percentage male IMP 51.7%
Percentage children IMP 18.8%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 17
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources LR1792: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/52,206:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO76/6:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


PP,1792(768),XXXV:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


PP,1795-6(849),XLII:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


T64/286,27:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


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HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.14: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,99.07.01: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.25: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,1800.07.28: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
Crow,34-41: Crow, Hugh, Memoirs of the Late Captain Hugh Crow of Liverpool (London, 1830).
LList, 27 Apr 1792:

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