Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 17436
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Gambia
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered Bristol
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted 12
Vessel owners Rumsey, James
Smith, Francis
Brown, Humphrey
Morgan, James
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 Gambia
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gambia
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing St. Kitts, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Kitts, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended Bristol
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing St. Kitts
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP St. Kitts
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1759
Date voyage began 1758-09-18
Date trade began in Africa 1758-10-22
Date vessel departed Africa 1759-07-04
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1759-08-16
Date vessel departed for homeport 1759-10-10
Date voyage completed 1759-11-28
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 332
Middle passage (days) IMP 43
Captain and Crew Captain's name Whyting, Samuel
Crew at voyage outset 35
Crew at first landing of slaves 16
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 200
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 150
Total slaves embarked IMP 150
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 122
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,III:

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


T70/1530,List of Arrivals and Departures:

British National Archives (Kew)


MR,MSC,f.17r:

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