| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 24016 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Swallow | |
| Flag | Great Britain | |
| Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
| Place constructed | Lancaster | |
| Year constructed | 1751 | |
| Place registered | Lancaster | |
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Brigantine | |
| Tonnage | 70 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 70 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Satterthwaite Inman |
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| 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 | Slave insurrection | |
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Lancaster |
| First place of slave purchase | Gambia | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Gambia | |
| 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 | Lancaster | |
| Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
| First region of slave purchase | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
| 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 | 1754 |
| Date voyage began | 1754-04-05 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | 1754-06-17 | |
| Date vessel departed Africa | 1754-09-16 | |
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1754-11-04 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | 1755-01-20 | |
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 213 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | 49 | |
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Dodson, Robert |
| 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 | 130 |
| Slaves carried from first port of purchase | ||
| Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
| Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
| Total slaves embarked | 98 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 98 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 77 | |
| 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 | 77 | |
| 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 | 21 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 21.0% | |
| Source | Sources | T70/1519,List of Ships...in Gambia: British National Archives (Kew) Elder,44,78: Elder, Melinda, The Slave Trade and the Economic Development of Eighteenth Century Lancaster (Halifax, 1992). CO28/30,174: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) LList, 24 Jan 1755: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 14 Feb 1755: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Schofield,272: Schofield, Maurice M. "Chester Slave Trading Partnerships, 1750-1756," Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire , 130 (1980): 187-90 |