Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36159
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Sanderson
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Portsmouth (NH)
Year constructed 1745
Place registered Newport
Year registered
Rig Brigantine
Tonnage 40
Standardized tonnage IMP 74
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Johnston, Wm
Brown, Peter
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 Newport
First place of slave purchase Anomabu
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Anomabu
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Rhode Island, port unspecified
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Newport
Region where voyage began IMP Rhode Island
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing Rhode Island
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 1752-03-12
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1753-04-04
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1753-06-15
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 460
Middle passage (days) IMP 72
Captain and Crew Captain's name Lindsay, David
Crew at voyage outset 8
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 61
Total slaves embarked IMP 61
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 57
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 47
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 57
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 53.2%
Percentage women IMP 19.1%
Percentage boys IMP 17.0%
Percentage girls IMP 10.6%
Percentage male IMP 70.2%
Percentage children IMP 27.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 30.59
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 4
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981).


Donnan,III,139,144:

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


Dow,257-58: Dow, George Francis, Slave Ships and Slaving (Salem, MA, 1927).
CO28/30,dd61:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


AmerHistRec,I(1872),338: Mason, George C,"The African Slave Trade in Colonial Times," American Historical Record, 1 (1872): 311-19, 338-45.
LList, 14 Aug 1753:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)