Clagett L1465 C-004

Agreement Number: C-004
Risk Book: Clagett L1465
Ship Name: Beaver
Page Number: 18
Point Of Departure: Liverpool
Point Of Arrival: Bonny/St. Lucia
Amount Covered: 300
Premium: 20
Shipping and Goods: S&G
Broker: James Barnes
Captain: Robert White
Ship Owner / Investor: William Begg
Date: January 23rd, 1807
Voyage ID according to slavevoyages.org: 80452

Narrative: On January 23, 1807 at the Lloyd’s Market in The Royal Exchange, Horatio Clagett was part of a group of underwriters who insured a voyage of the ship Beaver from Liverpool to Africa to a market, trafficking enslaved people. He underwrote £300 in risk at a premium of 20 percent. Clagett directly underwrites the risks of the ship trafficking enslaved people along with the other underwriters that would have been party to the agreement. The ship was owned by William Begg and John Mill and the agreement was brokered by James Barnes. The captain of the ship was Robert White. This voyage is further detailed at slavevoyages.org as Voyage ID 80452.