Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80664
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Brooks
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1781
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1783
Rig Ship
Tonnage 297
Standardized tonnage IMP 297
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Noble, Clement
Staniforth, Thomas
Brooks, Joseph (Jr)
Ingram, Francis
Carruthers, James
Denison, William
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 Anomabu
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Anomabu
Places of call before Atlantic crossing Cape Coast Castle
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 Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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 1784
Date voyage began 1783-06-03
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1784-04-19
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1784-06-03
Date vessel departed for homeport 1784-07-18
Date voyage completed 1784-08-28
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 366
Middle passage (days) IMP 45
Captain and Crew Captain's name Noble, Clement
Crew at voyage outset 46
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 3
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 700
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 619
Total slaves embarked IMP 619
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 586
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 586
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 62.8%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 33
Mortality rate IMP 5.0%
Source Sources LR1784: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/44,254:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1549:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1550:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO142/19:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


kg, 29 May-5 June 1784: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
cc, 12 June 1784: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
Lambert,69,III,Appendix,Jamaica: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
Lambert,73,81-101: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
Lambert,73,109-21: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
LList, 20 July 1784:

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


LList, 6 Aug 1784:

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


LList, 31 Aug 1784:

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