Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 20634
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Saint Mark
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Non-British
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 218
Guns mounted 12
Vessel owners South Sea Company
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 London
First place of slave purchase Cape Lahou
Second place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Coast Castle
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended
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
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1714
Date voyage began 1713-11-05
Date trade began in Africa 1714-01-08
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1714-06-21
Date vessel departed for homeport 1714-07-26
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 228
Middle passage (days) IMP 72
Captain and Crew Captain's name Solgard, Peter
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 280
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 36
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 280
Total slaves embarked IMP 280
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 261
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 261
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 56.8%
Percentage women IMP 32.5%
Percentage boys IMP 7.5%
Percentage girls IMP 3.2%
Percentage male IMP 64.3%
Percentage children IMP 10.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 19
Mortality rate IMP 6.8%
Source Sources JRL, English MS 1390, 1, f. 3r:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


T70/3,20,26v-27:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO142/14:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Donnan,II,168:

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


T70/972,f29:

British National Archives (Kew)


Add.mss,25495,ff. 260, 375, 427:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


T70/18;65-v66, v70, 71:

British National Archives (Kew)


Donnan,SouthSeaCo: Donnan, Elizabeth,"The Early Days of the South Sea Company, 1711-1718," Journal of Economic and Business History, 2 (1929): 419-50.