Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36154 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Rainbow | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | Freetown (Mass.) | |
Year constructed | 1750 | |
Place registered | Newport | |
Year registered | 1751 | |
Rig | Sloop | |
Tonnage | 40 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 40 | |
Guns mounted | 4 | |
Vessel owners | Thurston, Peleg Chase, Ammi* |
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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 | Newport |
First place of slave purchase | Gambia | |
Second place of slave purchase | Windward + Ivory + Gold + Benin | |
Third place of slave purchase | Anomabu | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Africa, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Kingston | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Kingston | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | Rhode Island | |
First region of slave purchase | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
Second region of slave purchase | Other Africa | |
Third region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Other Africa | |
First region of slave landing | Jamaica | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Jamaica | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1753 |
Date voyage began | 1752-05-08 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1753-02-20 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1753-07-07 | |
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 288 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Penniger, William |
Crew at voyage outset | ||
Crew at first landing of slaves | 8 | |
Crew deaths during voyage | ||
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | 4 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | ||
Total slaves embarked IMP | ||
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 78 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 78 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 78 | |
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 | JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, f. 16v: John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK) Coughtry, 241-85: Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981). T70/1519: British National Archives (Kew) CO142/15,136-7,158-9: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) Donnan,III,139: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) CO142/16,1: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) LList, 24 Aug 1753: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) T70/29,f,25,37v: British National Archives (Kew) |