Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 20812
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Camwood Merchant
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Royal African Company
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 Gambia
Second place of slave purchase Sherbro
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sherbro
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Nevis, port unspecified
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Newcastle (Nevis)
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing Nevis
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Nevis
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1708
Date voyage began 1707-11-04
Date trade began in Africa 1708-04-09
Date vessel departed Africa 1708-06-30
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1708-08-25
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 295
Middle passage (days) IMP 56
Captain and Crew Captain's name Tozer, John
Dodd, John
Crew at voyage outset 24
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 60
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 23
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 83
Total slaves embarked IMP 83
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 75
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 16
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 51
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 75
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 45.5%
Percentage women IMP 50.0%
Percentage boys IMP 4.5%
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 50.0%
Percentage children IMP 4.5%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 21.75
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 8
Mortality rate IMP 10.0%
Source Sources T70/2,16:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/5,51:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/58,155:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1438:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO33/15,9:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Donnan,II,72:

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


T70/956,4-5:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/354,106:

British National Archives (Kew)