Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36152
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Prince Sherboro
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Newport
Year registered
Rig Sloop
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Crook, Robert
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 Lisbon
First place of slave purchase Cacheu
Second place of slave purchase Sherbro
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sherbro
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Rhode Island, port unspecified
Region where voyage began IMP Portugal
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended Rhode Island
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1753
Date voyage began 1752-11-30
Date trade began in Africa 1752-12-??
Date vessel departed Africa 1753-08-27
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1753-10-16
Date vessel departed for homeport 1753-11-15
Date voyage completed 1753-12-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 320
Middle passage (days) IMP 50
Captain and Crew Captain's name Silva, Pedro Antonio da
Brown, William
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 35
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 29
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 29
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 Owen,34-7: Owen, Nicholas, Journal of a Slave-Dealer: A View of Some Remarkable Axcedents in the Life of Nics. Owen on the Coast of Africa and America from the Year 1746 to the Year 1757, edited and with an introduction by Evelyn Martin (London, 1930).
Donnan,III,139:

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


CO28/30,dd61:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


AHU,Guiné,Cx.8,Doc.36,46:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)