Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 21879
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name Mayflower
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 350
Standardized tonnage IMP 398
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Vassall Samuel
Cranley, Richard
Blackman, Jeremy
Cranley, Benjamin
Goodland, Nathaniel
Whitten, John
Andrews, Peter*
Jarkett, William
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by Spanish - after embarkation of slaves
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Spanish
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP London
First place of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Hispaniola, unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Hispaniola, unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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 Hispaniola
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Hispaniola
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1648
Date voyage began 1647-06-16
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1648-05-??
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 Jarkett, William
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 350
Total slaves embarked IMP 350
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 300
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 300
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 50
Mortality rate IMP 14.0%
Source Sources Gragg,1995: Gragg, Larry Dale."'To Procure Negroes': The English Slave Trade to Barbados, 1627-60," Slavery & Abolition, 16 (1995): 65-84.
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