Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83722
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Tartar
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1772
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1780
Rig Ship
Tonnage 190
Standardized tonnage IMP 190
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Wilding, Richard
Houghton, John
Webster, 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 West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
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 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 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 1782
Date voyage began 1781-09-12
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1782-04-04
Date vessel departed for homeport 1782-05-25
Date voyage completed 1782-07-29
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 204
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Houghton, John
Crew at voyage outset 47
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 4
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 593
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 602
Total slaves embarked IMP 602
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 500
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 593
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 9
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources LR1782: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/42,154:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

CO142/19:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


kg, 30 Mar-6 Apr 1782: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
cc, 1 June 1782: Cornwall Chronicle (Montego Bay)
LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
Lambert,68,145-83: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
LList, 14 June 1782:

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


LList, 2 Aug 1782:

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