Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 27091
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Happy
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed British plantations
Year constructed 1741
Place registered Whitehaven
Year registered 1741
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 80
Guns mounted 4
Vessel owners How, Peter*
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 Whitehaven
First place of slave purchase
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Ambriz
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Rappahannock
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Rappahannock
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Virginia
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Virginia
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1752
Date voyage began 1751-10-15
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1752-06-29
Date vessel departed for homeport 1752-10-09
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 258
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Lyndon, Roger
Harrison, Henry
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 17
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 133
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 114
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 114
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 Minch,149: Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984).
SchofieldArchive:

Schofield, Maurice M., Notes on Liverpool slave ships between 1774 and 1778, currently held by the Wilberforce Institute (University of Hull).


Richardson,Schofield,197: Richardson, David and Maurice M. Schofield,"Whitehaven and the Eighteenth Century British Slave Trade," Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, 92 (1992): 183-204.