Frances

Frances (or Francis) was built in India or the East Indies circa 1795, possibly under another name, and entered British records in 1803. Between 1803 and 1807 she made three voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved persons. After the end of British participation in the slave trade in 1807, Frances started trading with Spain and the West Indies. She was wrecked in January 1809. Career Frances first appeared in the volume of Lloyd's Register (LR) for 1804. 1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1803–1805): Captain James Souter acquired a letter of marque on 15 November 1803. He sailed from Liverpool on 9 December 1803. In 1803, 99 vessels left British ports on voyages to transport captives from West Africa to the Americas; 83 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool. Frances acquired captives at Congo North and arrived first at Demerara and then at Charleston on 27 August 1804 with 185 captives. She sailed for Liverpool on 16 December 1804 and arrived there on 18 February 1805. She had left Liverpool with 32 crew members and suffered three crew deaths on her voyage.