Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 24019
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Maxwell
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Glasgow
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 150
Standardized tonnage IMP 272
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Buchanan
Simson
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 Greenock
First place of slave purchase Anomabu
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 Margarita
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Margarita
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Scotland
First region of slave purchase Gold 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 Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1762
Date voyage began 1761-10-26
Date trade began in Africa 1762-02-11
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1762-09-08
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 317
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Seaton, 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 200
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 10
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 250
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 260
Total slaves embarked IMP 260
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 182
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 182
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 182
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 44.1%
Percentage women IMP 25.1%
Percentage boys IMP 14.0%
Percentage girls IMP 16.8%
Percentage male IMP 58.1%
Percentage children IMP 30.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 78
Mortality rate IMP 30.0%
Source Sources AGI, Caracas, v. 208 and 209 Testimonio de los autos originales que se operaron el año pasado 1762 en haber una presa de Negros que se hizo a la nación inglesa Francisco de San Martin:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)


T70/1263:

British National Archives (Kew)


Duffil,106,118: Duffil, Mark,"The Africa Trade from the Ports of Scotland, 1706-66," Slavery and Abolition," 25 (2004): 102-22.