Betsey (1790 ship)

On her second such voyage she, together with five other slave ships, bombarded Calabar for more than three hours to force the local native traders to lower the prices they were charging for captives.

[2] 1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1790–1791): Captain Patrick Welsh sailed from Liverpool on 12 June 1790, bound for West Africa.

[4] 2nd voyage transporting enslaved people (1791–1792): Captain William Doyle sailed from Liverpool on 1 May 1791, bound for West Africa.

The bombardment by some 66 guns killed and wounded 50 or so of the local inhabitants and resulted in the traders agreeing to the prices the captains offered.

[6] 3rd voyage transporting enslaved people (1792–1794): Captain Doyle sailed from Liverpool on 18 August 1792, bound for Whydah.

[8] 4th voyage transporting enslaved people (1794–1795): Captain John Corran acquired a letter of marque on 5 April 1794.

[10] 5th voyage transporting enslaved people (1796–1797): Captain David Armstrong sailed from Liverpool on 6 January 1796, bound for West Africa.

This led the government in the Danish West Indies to encourage the importation of captives prior to the ban taking effect.

Records for the period 1796 to 1799 show that 24 British enslaving ships, most of them from Liverpool, arrived at St Croix and imported 6,781 captives.

[14] 6th voyage transporting enslaved people (1797–1798): On 16 February 1797 Captain John Watson acquired a letter of marque.

[15] 7th voyage transporting enslaved people (1798–1799): Captain Edward Mosson sailed from Liverpool on 30 March 1798, bound for West Africa.