Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36177
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Hawke
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Newport
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 18
Standardized tonnage IMP 35
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
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 Rhode Island, port unspecified
First place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Third place of slave purchase Anomabu
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Antigua, place unspecified
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Saint John (Antigua)
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Rhode Island
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing Antigua
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Antigua
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1755
Date voyage began 1754-09-27
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1755-03-25
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1755-05-10
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 225
Middle passage (days) IMP 46
Captain and Crew Captain's name Ferguson, Robert
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 46
Total slaves embarked IMP 76
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 64
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 46
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 64
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 Coughtry, 241-85:

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


T70/1263:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO28/33,dd103:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


LList, 4 July 1755:

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