Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 16303 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Robert | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Arding, Richard* | |
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 | Not captured | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Delivered slaves for original owners | |
African resistance | Slave insurrection | |
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Bristol |
First place of slave purchase | Sierra Leone estuary | |
Second place of slave purchase | Ivory Coast | |
Third place of slave purchase | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Africa, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Kingston | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Kingston | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | Sierra Leone | |
Second region of slave purchase | Windward Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
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 | 1721 |
Date voyage began | 1721-02-23 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1721-11-07 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1722-01-12 | |
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 257 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 102 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Harding, Richard |
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 | |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | 30 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 227 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | ||
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 190 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 190 | |
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 | JRL, English MS, 1309, 1, f. 5v: John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK) Richardson,I: Richardson, David, Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807, 4 volumes (Bristol, 1986-1997) Atkins, 71-4: Atkins, John, A Voyage to Guinea, Brazil and the West Indies in His Majesty's ships Swallow and Weymouth (London, 1970). T70/7,30: Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts |