The slave ship Steady departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Vessel: Steady; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 128.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Hughes, Thomas; Investor: Hughes, Thomas; Captain: Smith, Robert; Investor: Smith, Robert; Investor: Jackson, John; Investor: Nicholson, Edward; Investor: Latham, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 19 March 1772. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: St Vincent, port unspecified.