Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82898
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Nelly
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1798
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 310
Standardized tonnage IMP 310
Guns mounted 22
Vessel owners Hinde, Samuel
Hinde, William
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by Spanish - after embarkation of slaves
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Spanish
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 Ambriz
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Ambriz
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Montevideo
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Montevideo
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Rio de la Plata
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Rio de la Plata
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1805
Date voyage began 1805-04-28
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 Seddon, James
Crew at voyage outset 50
Crew at first landing of slaves 51
Crew deaths during voyage 10
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 296
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 20
Total slaves embarked IMP 20
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 19
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 19
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 1
Mortality rate IMP 5.0%
Source Sources LR1806: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/66,140:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

ADM7/375:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


T70/1584:

British National Archives (Kew)


PP,1806(265),XIII,no.7:

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


rg, 17 Dec 1805: Royal Gazette and Bahamas Advertiser
Studer:

De Studer, Elena F. S., Trata de Negros en el Rio de la Plata Durante el Siglo XVII (Buenos Aires, 1984).


LList, 10 Dec 1805:

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


LList, 4 Feb 1806:

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


MMM, C/EX/L/5/5,1805.041: Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Registers of Merchant Ships, Subsidiary Register Books
AGN-U, Libro 95:

Archivo General de la Nación (Montevideo, Uruguay)