Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 16379
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Peniel Gally
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Bristol
Year constructed 1718
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted 8
Vessel owners Becher, John*
Shuter, Christopher
Day, Peter
Price, John
Sheppard, John
Casamajor, Lewis
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
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Bristol
First place of slave purchase
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing St. Kitts, port unspecified
Third place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Bristol
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing St. Kitts
Third region of slave landing Jamaica
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1725
Date voyage began 1724-10-19
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1725-03-17
Date vessel departed for homeport 1725-??-??
Date voyage completed 1725-07-16
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 149
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Skinner, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 25
Crew at first landing of slaves 25
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 300
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 254
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 14
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 48
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing 190
Total slaves disembarked IMP 254
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, 1390, 1, f. 6v:

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)


CO187/1,27:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)