Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36191
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Sierra Leone
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Newport
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 45
Standardized tonnage IMP 83
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Wilkinson, Philip
Ayrault, D
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 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 St. Kitts, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Kitts, port 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 St. Kitts
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP St. Kitts
Region where voyage ended Rhode Island
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1756
Date voyage began 1755-08-17
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1756-03-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1756-04-17
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Lindsay, David
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 57
Total slaves embarked IMP 57
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 47
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 44
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 47
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 46.8%
Percentage women IMP 12.8%
Percentage boys IMP 34.0%
Percentage girls IMP 6.4%
Percentage male IMP 80.9%
Percentage children IMP 40.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 35.56
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 10
Mortality rate IMP 18.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


AmerHistRec,I(1872),340-41: Mason, George C,"The African Slave Trade in Colonial Times," American Historical Record, 1 (1872): 311-19, 338-45.