Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 35007
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Rio Volta
Flag Denmark
Flag IMP Denmark / Baltic
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Denmark, port unspecified
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
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 København
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 Danish West Indies, colony unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Danish West Indies, colony unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Denmark
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 Danish West Indies
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Danish West Indies
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1781
Date voyage began 1780-??-??
Date trade began in Africa 1781-01-20
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1781-06-02
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 Hanmer
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 469
Total slaves embarked IMP 469
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 391
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 391
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 43.2%
Percentage women IMP 17.4%
Percentage boys IMP 24.3%
Percentage girls IMP 15.1%
Percentage male IMP 67.5%
Percentage children IMP 39.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 78
Mortality rate IMP 17.0%
Source Sources Green-Pedersen,186-93:

Green-Pedersen, Svend E.,"The Scope and Structure of the Danish Negro Slave Trade," Scandinavian Economic History Review, 19 (1971): 149-97.


T70/1544:

British National Archives (Kew)