Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 25346
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Africa
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed New York
Year constructed 1760
Place registered Philadelphia
Year registered 1764
Rig Brigantine
Tonnage 20
Standardized tonnage IMP 38
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Moore, Francis
Miller, Jacob
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 Philadelphia
First place of slave purchase Saint-Louis
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Saint-Louis
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Annapolis
Second place of slave landing Delaware River
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Annapolis
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Pennsylvania
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing Maryland
Second region of slave landing New Jersey
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Maryland
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1764
Date voyage began 1764-02-??
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1764-08-09
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Beal, 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 99
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 81
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 49
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 32
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 81
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 40.5%
Percentage women IMP 16.2%
Percentage boys IMP 21.6%
Percentage girls IMP 21.6%
Percentage male IMP 62.2%
Percentage children IMP 43.2%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Donnan,III,456:

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


Wax,1965,287: Wax, Darold, "Negro Imports into Pennsylvania, 1720-1766," Pennsylvania History, 32 (1965): 255-87.
Walsh Maryland Database: Walsh, Lorena, Database of slave trading voyages to Maryland
Donnan,IV,44-45:

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