Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 20260
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Lark
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 146
Guns mounted 11
Vessel owners Colleton, 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 Barbados, place unspecified
First place of slave purchase
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Africa, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP Barbados
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1702
Date voyage began 1701-06-07
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1702-02-06
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1702-09-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 244
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Davis, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
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 289
Total slaves embarked IMP 289
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 191
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 191
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 37.2%
Percentage women IMP 44.0%
Percentage boys IMP 13.6%
Percentage girls IMP 5.2%
Percentage male IMP 50.8%
Percentage children IMP 18.8%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 22.17
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 98
Mortality rate IMP 34.0%
Source Sources Donnan,II,30:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


CO33/13:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


LL,159: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Lloyds’ Lists, 1702-04
T70/950,34-5:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/352,6:

British National Archives (Kew)