Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 17154
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Emperor
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Boston
Year constructed 1744
Place registered Bristol
Year registered 1746
Rig Ship
Tonnage 200
Standardized tonnage IMP 305
Guns mounted 22
Vessel owners Devonshire, Charles*
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 Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Spanish Circum-Caribbean,unspecified
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP ???
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 Jamaica
Second region of slave landing Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Codes without labels
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1747
Date voyage began 1746-07-25
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1747-01-14
Date vessel departed for homeport 1747-05-21
Date voyage completed 1747-07-20
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 173
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Gwynn, Charles
Crew at voyage outset 50
Crew at first landing of slaves 57
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 390
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 324
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 324
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. 14v:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


Richardson,III:

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


CO142/15,61:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)