Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 80722
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Byam
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed 1800
Place registered
Year registered
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 Captured by the French - after embarkation of slaves
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP French
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
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 Guadeloupe, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Basse-Terre
Place where voyage ended
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 Guadaloupe
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Guadaloupe
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1807
Date voyage began 1807-01-06
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Williams, Alexander
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 194
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 182
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 168
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 LR1807: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
LiverpoolDirectory,97-100: Gore's Directory (Liverpool, 1807).
LList, 8 Apr 1808:

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


LList, 12 Apr 1808:

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