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.