Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 15004
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Whidah
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 140
Standardized tonnage IMP 100
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Royal African Company
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP London
First place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Africa, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1704
Date voyage began 1704-01-10
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1704-10-29
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 293
Middle passage (days) IMP 104
Captain and Crew Captain's name Thomas, George
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 180
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 401
Total slaves embarked IMP 401
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 174
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 142
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 174
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 41.5%
Percentage women IMP 36.6%
Percentage boys IMP 13.4%
Percentage girls IMP 8.5%
Percentage male IMP 54.9%
Percentage children IMP 21.8%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 227
Mortality rate IMP 56.6%
Source Sources JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, f. 1v:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


T70/14,69:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/952,13-14:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/920:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/58,60,78:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/175,158,167,178:

British National Archives (Kew)


Donnan,II,7:

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


LL,210: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Lloyds’ Lists, 1702-04
T70/353,64,72,80:

British National Archives (Kew)