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 |
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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. |