Liverpool Trade and Shipping, 1744-1786

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The aim of these date is to produce a machine-readable edition of the Liverpool Plantation Registers 1744-84, and of the known voyages, masters, shipowners and life histories of the vessels listed therein through to 1786.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Liverpool overseas trade and shipping; trans-atlantic voyage patterns; slave trade; Liverpool shipowners and merchants; war and its impact on trade and shipping.