Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 17947 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Alert | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Nantes | |
Year constructed | 1780 | |
Place registered | Bristol | |
Year registered | 1780 | |
Rig | Brig | |
Tonnage | 100 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 182 | |
Guns mounted | 4 | |
Vessel owners | Anderson, John | |
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 | Cape Petit Mount | |
Second place of slave purchase | Cape Coast Castle | |
Third place of slave purchase | Anomabu | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Charleston | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Charleston | |
Place where voyage ended | Bristol | |
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | Windward Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast | |
First region of slave landing | South Carolina | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | South Carolina | |
Region where voyage ended | England and Wales | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1785 |
Date voyage began | 1785-03-02 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1785-05-02 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1785-08-28 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1785-11-24 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1786-01-22 | |
Date voyage completed | 1786-03-27 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 267 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 88 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Gould, John |
Crew at voyage outset | 21 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | 21 | |
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 | 225 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 225 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 213 | |
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 | 213 | |
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 | 12 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 5.0% | |
Source | Sources | Richardson,IV: Richardson, David, Bristol, Africa and the Eighteenth Century Slave Trade to America 1698-1807, 4 volumes (Bristol, 1986-1997) McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert. Lambert,72,295: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975). |