Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 15025 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Merchants Goodwill | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | England, place unspecified | |
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Buque | |
Tonnage | 262 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 301 | |
Guns mounted | 18 | |
Vessel owners | Royal African Company | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Not captured | |
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 | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
Second place of slave purchase | Whydah, Ouidah | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Barbados, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Cartagena | |
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 | Gold Coast | |
First region of slave landing | Barbados | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Spanish Circum-Caribbean | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1698 |
Date voyage began | 1697-11-03 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1698-10-08 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 339 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Cotteril, Charles Piles, Thomas |
Crew at voyage outset | 45 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | 34 | |
Crew deaths during voyage | ||
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 550 |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 346 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 346 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 131 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 131 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 131 | |
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 | 215 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 62.0% | |
Source | Sources | T70/12,160: British National Archives (Kew) T70/61,166: British National Archives (Kew) Rawl,C747,533: Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747 AGI, Indiferente 2778: Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla) Law,EWA,docs121,1325,1354,1426-27: Law, Robin, The English in West Africa, 1691-1699: The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England (Oxford, 2007). |