| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 25565 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Merrimac (a) Merrimack | |
| Flag | U.S.A. | |
| Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Navio mercante | |
| Tonnage | ||
| Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Bradbury, Francis Dickason, Thomas Roberts, Josiah |
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| 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 | Newbury |
| First place of slave purchase | Mozambique | |
| Second place of slave purchase | Inhambane | |
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Southeast Africa and Indian Ocean islands, port unspecified | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | Montevideo | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Montevideo | |
| Place where voyage ended | ||
| Region where voyage began IMP | Massachusetts | |
| First region of slave purchase | East Africa and Indian Ocean islands | |
| Second region of slave purchase | East Africa and Indian Ocean islands | |
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | East Africa and Indian Ocean islands | |
| First region of slave landing | Rio de la Plata | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | Rio de la Plata | |
| Region where voyage ended | ||
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1803 |
| Date voyage began | ||
| Date trade began in Africa | 1802-08-?? | |
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1803-06-?? | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Williams, Jonathan |
| 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 | 200 | |
| Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 200 | |
| Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
| Total slaves embarked | ||
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 400 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
| 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 | 344 | |
| 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 | AHU,Moçambique,Cx 98 No 68: Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa) CapelaNotes: Capela, José, Archival notes on the slave trade from Mozambique. LList, 30 Sept 1803: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) JeffersonPapers2: William CC Claiborne to Thomas Jefferson, 27 Oct 1804, Thomas Jefferson Papers, Founders Online, National Archives, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-0552
AHU,Moçambique,Cx 96 No 53: Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa) Madison, 8: 216-17: Mattern, David, JCA Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Mary A. Hackett, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jeanne Kerr Cross (eds.), Papers of James Madison (Charlottesville, VA, 2018) |