Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80558
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Bird
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Prize (taken from French)
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 244
Standardized tonnage IMP 244
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Taylor, Michael
Bailey, 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 Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Martinique, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Martinique, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
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 Martinique
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Martinique
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1799
Date voyage began 1798-11-21
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1799-06-27
Date vessel departed for homeport 1799-07-21
Date voyage completed 1799-09-18
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 218
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Flint, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 47
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 21
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 378
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 371
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 340
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 340
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 LR1799: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/59,417:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

PP,1806(265),XIII,no.1:

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,1801-2(88),IV,no.1:

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,1801-2(88),IV,no.1:

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


Williams,684: Williams, Gomer, History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (London, 1897).
LList, 6 Aug 1799:

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


LList, 20 Sept 1799:

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


MMM, C/EX/L/5/3,1797.104: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books