Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83900
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Union
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed London
Year constructed 1755
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 415
Standardized tonnage IMP 415
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Calvert, Anthony
King, Thomas
Camden, William
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Returned direct to Africa after bringing slaves to the Americas
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 London
First place of slave purchase Cape Lahou
Second place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Third place of slave purchase Anomabu
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Anomabu
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 Africa, port unspecified
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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 Other Africa
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1792
Date voyage began 1791-08-26
Date trade began in Africa 1791-10-13
Date vessel departed Africa 1792-01-15
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1792-03-02
Date vessel departed for homeport 1792-04-10
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 189
Middle passage (days) IMP 47
Captain and Crew Captain's name Thomson, James
Currie, Robert
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 549
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 549
Total slaves embarked IMP 549
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 536
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 536
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 60.8%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 13
Mortality rate IMP 2.0%
Source Sources LR1792: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T70/1564,pt2:

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


T64/286,11:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


HLRO,MP,HL,94.03.22: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,1800.07.28: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
kg, 25 Feb-3 Mar 1792: Royal Gazette (Kingston)
LList, 30 Aug 1791:

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


LList, 6 Sept 1791:

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


LList, 1 May 1792:

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


LList, 22 May 1792:

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