Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 25426
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Republican
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Charleston
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Kennedy, Peter
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 Charleston
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 Havana
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Havana
Place where voyage ended Charleston
Region where voyage began IMP South Carolina
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 Cuba
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Cuba
Region where voyage ended South Carolina
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1806
Date voyage began 1805-06-18
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1806-01-27
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1806-04-01
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 223
Middle passage (days) IMP 63
Captain and Crew Captain's name Welsh, Edward
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 97
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 85
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 85
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 38.8%
Percentage women IMP 23.5%
Percentage boys IMP 24.7%
Percentage girls IMP 12.9%
Percentage male IMP 63.5%
Percentage children IMP 37.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Donnan,IV,509:

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


Klein,Havana dataset:

University of Wisconsin Library (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Klein, Havana data-set, 1790-1820


BarciaDataset: Barcia, Manuel (University of Leeds), Dataset of slave vessels arriving in Cuba, 1790-1810
McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.