Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 25406 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Charleston | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | Charleston | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 400 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 400 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | ||
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Condemned - Americas after disembarkation |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Natural hazard | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (natural hazard) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | |
First place of slave purchase | Gambia | |
Second place of slave purchase | Gorée | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Antigua, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Saint John (Antigua) | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | ||
First region of slave purchase | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
Second region of slave purchase | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
First region of slave landing | Antigua | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Antigua | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1797 |
Date voyage began | ||
Date trade began in Africa | 1797-06-15 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1797-10-01 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1797-11-05 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
Middle passage (days) IMP | 35 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Harris, Charles |
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 | 120 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 120 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 109 | |
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 | 109 | |
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 | 11 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 9.0% | |
Source | Sources | Donnan,II,640-42: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) Donnan,IV,494: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) Park, 304-07: Park, Mungo, Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, edited by Kate Ferguson Marsters (Durham, 2000). McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert. |