Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36181
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Young Batchelor
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Newport
Year constructed 1752
Place registered Newport
Year registered 1752
Rig Sloop
Tonnage 40
Standardized tonnage IMP 74
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Shearman, Robert*
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 Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Coast Castle
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 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 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 1755
Date voyage began 1754-12-13
Date trade began in Africa 1755-02-12
Date vessel departed Africa 1755-05-12
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1755-07-14
Date vessel departed for homeport 1756-03-10
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 213
Middle passage (days) IMP 63
Captain and Crew Captain's name Johnson, Samuel
Carpenter, James
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
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 120
Total slaves embarked IMP 120
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 117
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 117
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 3
Mortality rate IMP 3.0%
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)


CO142/16,61-2,115-6:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)