Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 16309
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name America
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brigantine
Tonnage 50
Standardized tonnage IMP 92
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Lougher, Richard*
Challoner, William
Baker, William
Hobhouse, Isaac
Ashton, Richard
Lougher, Walter
Clymer, William
Caster, Peter
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Vice-Admiralty Court, Barbados, condemned
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP British
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Bristol
First place of slave purchase Sierra Leone, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Anomabu
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 Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Bristol
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
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 Barbados
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1723
Date voyage began 1722-08-08
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1723-03-13
Date vessel departed for homeport 1723-??-??
Date voyage completed 1723-10-02
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 217
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Marshall, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 12
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
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 176
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 146
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 146
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 Richardson,I:

Richardson, David, Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807, 4 volumes (Bristol, 1986-1997)


HCA15/34, Bundle A, "America Brigantine," pp. 1-13:

British National Archives (Kew)