Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 21877
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name Swallow
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 140
Standardized tonnage IMP 254
Guns mounted 16
Vessel owners Pennoyer, William
Pennoyer, Samuel
Thomson, Robert
Roberts, Elias
Fletcher, William
Davison, Michael
Terringham, Joseph
Bateson, Richard
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
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Calabar
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
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1647
Date voyage began 1646-08-??
Date trade began in Africa 1647-01-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Grover, Francis
Crew at voyage outset 36
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 100
Total slaves embarked IMP 100
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 86
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 Gragg,1995: Gragg, Larry Dale."'To Procure Negroes': The English Slave Trade to Barbados, 1627-60," Slavery & Abolition, 16 (1995): 65-84.
HCA24/108, doc 362:

British National Archives (Kew)


Vijfdagregisters,294-5: Ratelband, Klaas (ed). Vijf dagregisters van het kasteel Sno Jorge da Mina (Elmina) aan de Goudkust (1645-47) ('s Gravenhage, 1953).