Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80519
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Betsey
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1790
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 190
Standardized tonnage IMP 190
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Boats, William
Seaman, Thomas
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 Whydah, Ouidah
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1795
Date voyage began 1794-05-28
Date trade began in Africa 1794-08-28
Date vessel departed Africa 1794-10-16
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1795-01-07
Date vessel departed for homeport 1795-03-07
Date voyage completed 1795-04-30
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 224
Middle passage (days) IMP 83
Captain and Crew Captain's name Corran, John
Crew at voyage outset 30
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 3
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 316
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 317
Total slaves embarked IMP 317
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 315
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 315
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 51.7%
Percentage women IMP 42.2%
Percentage boys IMP 2.9%
Percentage girls IMP 3.2%
Percentage male IMP 54.6%
Percentage children IMP 6.0%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 2
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources LR1795: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/55, 292:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1568:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1574:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO140/89,368:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


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


T64/286,38:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.19: 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
kg, 3-10 Jan 1795: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
LList, 4 July 1794:

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


LList, 20 Feb 1795:

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


LList, 6 Mar 1795:

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


Williams,331: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
MMM, C/EX/L/5/2,1790.062: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books