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 |
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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) |