Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81242
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Ellen
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Non-British
Year constructed
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1790
Rig Ship
Tonnage 152
Standardized tonnage IMP 152
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Dawson, 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 Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase Anomabu
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Trinidad, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Trinidad, port unspecified
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 Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Trinidad
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Trinidad
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1792
Date voyage began 1791-01-03
Date trade began in Africa 1791-04-04
Date vessel departed Africa 1791-09-16
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1792-01-11
Date vessel departed for homeport 1792-03-30
Date voyage completed 1792-05-15
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 373
Middle passage (days) IMP 117
Captain and Crew Captain's name Irving, James
Baillie, James
Crew at voyage outset 16
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 6
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 253
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 253
Total slaves embarked IMP 253
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 206
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 206
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 206
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 50.2%
Percentage women IMP 33.2%
Percentage boys IMP 8.7%
Percentage girls IMP 7.9%
Percentage male IMP 57.3%
Percentage children IMP 16.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 47
Mortality rate IMP 19.0%
Source Sources LR1792: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/52,258:

BNA (Kew, London)

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T70/1563:

British National Archives (Kew)


PP,1792(768),XXXV:

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


T64/286,24:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


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LList, 23 Mar 1792:

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