Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 24030
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Molly
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed 1735
Place registered Lancaster
Year registered 1760
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 70
Standardized tonnage IMP 128
Guns mounted 4
Vessel owners Butterfield, William*
Dennison, William*
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
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Lancaster
First place of slave purchase Sierra Leone, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Charleston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
Place where voyage ended Lancaster
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1760
Date voyage began 1760-01-03
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1760-10-11
Date vessel departed for homeport 1760-11-28
Date voyage completed 1761-04-28
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 282
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Barker
Denison, William
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 11
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 266
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 228
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 228
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 Elder,59,68,91: Elder, Melinda, The Slave Trade and the Economic Development of Eighteenth Century Lancaster (Halifax, 1992).
CO5/510:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Donnan,IV,375:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


LList, 19 Aug 1760:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 5 Dec 1760:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 1 May 1761:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


BT6/3,158:

BNA (Kew, London)

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