Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36175
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Hare
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 Vernon, Samuel
Vernon, William
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 Rhode Island, port unspecified
First place of slave purchase Sierra Leone estuary
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Charleston
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
Place where voyage ended Newport
Region where voyage began IMP Rhode Island
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing South Carolina
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended Rhode Island
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1755
Date voyage began 1754-07-05
Date trade began in Africa 1754-08-18
Date vessel departed Africa 1755-01-06
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1755-01-26
Date vessel departed for homeport 1755-04-??
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 205
Middle passage (days) IMP 20
Captain and Crew Captain's name Godfrey, Caleb
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 72
Total slaves embarked IMP 72
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 61
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 3
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 54
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 61
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 52.7%
Percentage women IMP 38.2%
Percentage boys IMP 7.3%
Percentage girls IMP 1.8%
Percentage male IMP 60.0%
Percentage children IMP 9.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 35.16
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 11
Mortality rate IMP 15.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


Donnan,III,146-60:

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


Donnan,IV,314:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/6, Godfrey,55.01.29.:

New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/9, Manigault,55.04.12.:

New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/9, Manigault,55.03.05.:

New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2