Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 25370
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Sarah and Elizabeth
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed New York
Year constructed 1750
Place registered New York
Year registered 1753
Rig Sloop
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Byowan, Thomas
Livingston, Philip
Waddie, John
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Driven off the African Coast with slaves on board
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Captor unspecified
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP New York
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 New York
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP New York
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP New York
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 New York
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP New York
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1754
Date voyage began 1754-03-04
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1754-09-16
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 196
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Corne, Peter
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 11
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 9
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 9
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,509:

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


Lydon,379: Lydon, James,"New York and the Slave Trade," William and Mary Quarterly, 35 (1978): 375-94.
Hamm,328: Hamm, Tommy Todd, “The American Slave Trade with Africa, 1620-1807,” PhD dissertation (University of Indiana, 1975)
NYGWPB,4 Mar 1754: New York Gazette and Weekly Post Boy
foydatabase: Foy, Charlie (Rutgers University), New York Transatlantic Slave Trading Voyages Database.