Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 25296
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Abeona
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Salem
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 80
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Waters, John
Sinclair, John
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 Salem
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 Havana
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Havana
Place where voyage ended Salem
Region where voyage began IMP Massachusetts
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 Cuba
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Cuba
Region where voyage ended Massachusetts
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1791
Date voyage began 1791-03-08
Date trade began in Africa 1791-04-??
Date vessel departed Africa 1791-09-30
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1791-11-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1792-08-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Sinclair, John
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 93
Total slaves embarked IMP 93
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 68
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 68
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 52.9%
Percentage women IMP 25.0%
Percentage boys IMP 11.8%
Percentage girls IMP 10.3%
Percentage male IMP 64.7%
Percentage children IMP 22.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 25
Mortality rate IMP 27.0%
Source Sources Donnan,III,84,86-97:

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


Klein,Havana dataset:

University of Wisconsin Library (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Klein, Havana data-set, 1790-1820


McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.