Goodrich (1799 schooner)

Goodrich (or Goodrick) was a schooner launched in Liverpool in 1799. She made seven voyages as a slave ship between 1799 and 1807, two of them while being owned by Americans. After the Slave Trade Act 1807 ended the British slave trade she became a merchantman. A French privateer captured her in June or July 1808.

For other ships with the same name, see Goodrich (ship).

History
Great Britain
Name: Goodrich
Builder: Liverpool
Launched: 1799
Captured: June or July 1808
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 91[1] (bm)
Sail plan: Schooner
Complement: 10[1]
Armament:
  • 1805:10 × 6-pounder guns
  • 1808:4 × 9&3-pounder guns[1]

Career

1st slave voyage (1799)

Joseph Peers, owner and master, sailed Goodrich from Liverpool, bound for Gambia. She arrived at Demerara on 22 June and landed 147 slaves. She left on 12 July, to return to Africa. She had left Liverpool with 22 crew members and suffered one crew death on the voyage.[2]

2nd slave voyage (1799–1800)

Captain Peers had sailed from Demerara on 12 July and purchased slaves in Gambia. Goodrich arrived back at Demerara on 18 November 1799. There she landed 147 slaves. She left Demerara on 17 January 1800 and arrived back at Liverpool on 3 March. She had left Demerara with 22 crew members and suffered 12 deaths on the voyage. Goodrich's master on her return was McGuire.[3] It is not clear when he replaced Peers or why. He was one of her owners on her next voyage.

3rd slave voyage (1800–1801)

Captain Archibald Galbraith sailed from Liverpool on 6 April 1800. Goodrich gathered her slaves at Gambia and arrived at Demerara on 21 July 1801, where she delivered 111 slaves. Her owners sold her in the Americas.[4]

4th slave voyage (1801–1802)

Captain John Singleton sailed from Liverpool on 21 September 1801. Goodrich gathered her slaves on the Gold Coast. She arrived at Demerara on 4 May 1802 with 114 slaves. She sailed from Demerara on 20 October and arrived back at Liverpool on 4 December. She had left Liverpool with 15 crew men and she suffered four crew deaths on the voyage.[5]

Goodrick or Goodrich first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) and the Register of Shipping (RS), respectively, in 1805.

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1805 J.Wilkie Hume & Co. Liverpool–Africa LR[6]
1805 Singleton R.Hume Liverpool–Africa RS[7]

5th slave voyage (1804–1805)

Captain Gabriel Sinclair sailed from Liverpool on 19 August 1804. Goodrich gathered her slaves at Bassa[lower-alpha 1] and delivered 110 slaves to Suriname on 2 January 1805. She sailed from Suriname on 17 March and arrived back at Liverpool on 11 June. She had left Liverpool with 20 crew members and she suffered five crew deaths on her voyage.[8]

6th slave voyage (1805–1806)

Captain James Wilkie sailed from Liverpool on 10 November 1805. Goodrich left Africa on 11 November and arrived at Saint Vincent on 7 January 1806. At some point Captain John Steel replaced Wilkie. Goodrich sailed from Saint Vincent on 24 April, and arrived back at Liverpool on 3 July. She had left Liverpool with 20 crew members and she lost one man on her voyage.[9]

7th slave voyage (1806–1807)

Captain James Willie sailed from Liverpool on 23 September 1806. Goodrich gathered her slaves at Bassa and arrived at Grenada on 22 March 1807. She sailed from Grenada on 18 April and arrived back at Liverpool on 15 June. She had left Liverpool with 19 crew members and she suffered two crew deaths on the voyage.[10]

Post-slave trade

LR for 1808 showed Goodrick with W. Simes, master, Hume & Co., owners, and trade Liverpool−Montevideo.[11] Then on 21 June 1808 Philip Nicole acquired a letter of marque.[1]

Fate

In June 1808 Antoine-Joseph Preira (aka Balidar), took command of Point du Jour, a lugger-rigged barge with a 34-man crew, armed with a 2-pounder gun and two swivel guns.[12] He captured Goodrich, which he brought to Saint-Malo. Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 22 July 1808 that Goodrich, Nicolle, master, had been taken by a privateer while sailing from Guernsey to Gibraltar, but that some of her crew had been able to return to Guernsey.[13] A report a month later stated that Goodrich had been taken into Rostoff.[14]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. The location of Bassa is uncertain. There are two settlements in Nigeria called Bassa, but both are inland. One possibility is Bassa Cove, named for the Bassa people, in modern Liberia.

Citations

  1. "Letter of Marque, p.38 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Goodrich voyage #81625.
  3. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Goodrich voyage #81626.
  4. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Goodrich voyage #81627.
  5. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Goodrich voyage #81628.
  6. LR (1805), Supple.pages "G", Seq.№G27.
  7. LR (1805), Seq.№270.
  8. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Goodrich voyage #81629.
  9. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Goodrich voyage #81630.
  10. Trans Atlantic Slave Trade Database – Goodrich voyage #81631.
  11. LR (1808), Seq.№G294.
  12. Demerliac (2004), p. 251, n°1848.
  13. LL 22 July 1808, №4271.
  14. LL 34 August 1808, №4280.

References

  • Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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