Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 25375
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Polly
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Connecticut, port unspecified
Year constructed 1746
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Sloop
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Marston, Nath'l
Farmer, Jasper
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 New York
First place of slave purchase Cameroons
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cameroons
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing South Carolina, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing New York
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
Place where voyage ended New York
Region where voyage began IMP New York
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing South Carolina
Second region of slave landing New York
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended New York
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1755
Date voyage began 1754-10-21
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1755-07-24
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1755-08-25
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 276
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Miller, Paul
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 45
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 30
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 7
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 37
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)


Donnan,IV,314:

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


NYGWPB,21 October 1754: New York Gazette and Weekly Post Boy
NYGWPB,25 August 1755: New York Gazette and Weekly Post Boy
Martin,60: Martin, Guillaume R., “The Transatlantic Slave Trade to New York: circa 1682-1774: A Case Study of a Minor Port,” MA dissertation (Queen’s University, Kingston, 2002)
Radburn,46:

Radburn, Nicholas, "William Davenport, the Slave Trade and Merchant Enterprise in Eighteenth Century Liverpool" (MA thesis, Department of History, Victoria University, Wellington)

(MA thesis, Department of History, Victoria University, Wellington