Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 14928
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Bridgewater
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 40
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted 10
Vessel owners Royal African Company
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Voyage completed as intended
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP French
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Delivered slaves for original owners
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP London
First place of slave purchase Bance/Bunce Island
Second place of slave purchase Accra
Third place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Antigua, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Antigua, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Antigua
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Antigua
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1703
Date voyage began 1703-01-14
Date trade began in Africa 1703-05-02
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1703-10-26
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 285
Middle passage (days) IMP 92
Captain and Crew Captain's name Lenton, Joseph
Powis, Joseph
Crew at voyage outset 18
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 150
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 80
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 226
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 218
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 226
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources CO152/5, f. 50:

BNA (Kew)


T70/13,40:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/58,49:

British National Archives (Kew)


LL,176: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Lloyds’ Lists, 1702-04
T70/167,101-2:

British National Archives (Kew)


Donnan,II:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


T70/175,157v:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/353,6,10,11:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/13,17:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/14,51:

British National Archives (Kew)