Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 17263 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Halifax | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Spain, place unspecified | |
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 100 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 182 | |
Guns mounted | 4 | |
Vessel owners | ||
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 | Sierra Leone, port unspecified | |
Second place of slave purchase | Windward Coast, place unspecified | |
Third place of slave purchase | Anomabu | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Anomabu | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Jamaica, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
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 | Sierra Leone | |
Second region of slave purchase | Windward Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast | |
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 | England and Wales | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1751 |
Date voyage began | 1750-08-20 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1751-10-22 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1752-02-01 | |
Date voyage completed | 1752-04-11 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 428 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 73 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Ellis, Henry |
Crew at voyage outset | 30 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | 28 | |
Crew deaths during voyage | ||
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | 85 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 85 | |
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 400 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 400 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 249 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 249 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 38.4% |
Percentage women IMP | 23.2% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 24.9% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 13.5% | |
Percentage male IMP | 63.3% | |
Percentage children IMP | 38.4% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
Mortality rate IMP | ||
Source | Sources | JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, f. 16r: 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) Martin,Spurrell,12,17,27,33,46: Martin, Bernard, and Martin Spurrell (eds.), The Journal of a Slave Trader (John Newton), 1750-1754 (London, 1962). NMM,AMS/4: National Maritime Museum, Library (Greenwich, UK) T70/29,f.4v,8: British National Archives (Kew) |