Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80719
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Byam
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Oban
Year constructed 1800
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1802
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 166
Standardized tonnage IMP 166
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Frazer, John
Irving, George
Begg, William
Mill, John
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 Rio Pongo
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Rio Pongo
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Demerara
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP British Caribbean, colony unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing British Guiana
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Other British Caribbean
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1803
Date voyage began 1802-10-16
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1803-05-14
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1803-06-24
Date vessel departed for homeport 1803-11-14
Date voyage completed 1804-01-24
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 251
Middle passage (days) IMP 41
Captain and Crew Captain's name Martin, George
Seddon, James
Crew at voyage outset 24
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 8
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 205
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 205
Total slaves embarked IMP 205
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 193
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 193
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 47.3%
Percentage women IMP 19.0%
Percentage boys IMP 21.5%
Percentage girls IMP 12.2%
Percentage male IMP 68.8%
Percentage children IMP 33.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 12
Mortality rate IMP 6.0%
Source Sources LR1803: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/64,202:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO33/18:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


PP,1806(265),XIII,no.2:

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,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


edg, 8 Oct 1803: Essequebo and Demerary Gazette (Demerary Gazette)
Donnan,II,650:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


LList, 29 Mar 1803:

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


LList, 13 Sept 1803:

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


LList, 27 Jan 1804:

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


MMM, C/EX/L/5/5,1802.157: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books