Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 25148
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Rainbow
Flag
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Sellick, David
Grosse, Isaac
Smith, James
Keyser, Thomas
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 Boston
First place of slave purchase
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Africa, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Boston
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Boston
Region where voyage began IMP Massachusetts
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing Massachusetts
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended Massachusetts
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1645
Date voyage began 1645-??-??
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1645-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1645-07-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Smith, James
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 149
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 2
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 126
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 Donnan,III,6-9:

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


Saltonstall,I:139: Moody, Robert E. (ed.), The Saltonstall Papers, 1607-1815. Volume 1, 1607-1789 (Boston, 1972).
Shurtleff,129,136,168: Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. (ed), Records of the Governor and Company of the Company of Massachusetts Bay in New England, vol. 2 (Boston, 1853-43).
Gragg,Englishmen,124: Gragg, Larry Dale, Englishmen Transplanted: The English colonization of Barbados, 1627-1660 (Oxford, 2003).