Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36245 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Africa | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | Providence | |
Year constructed | 1758 | |
Place registered | Newport | |
Year registered | 1761 | |
Rig | Sloop | |
Tonnage | 50 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 92 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | King, Benj Guyse, Wm Hagger |
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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 | Rhode Island, port unspecified |
First place of slave purchase | ||
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Africa, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Eastern New Jersey | |
Second place of slave landing | Upper James River | |
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Eastern New Jersey | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | Rhode Island | |
First region of slave purchase | ||
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Other Africa | |
First region of slave landing | New Jersey | |
Second region of slave landing | Virginia | |
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | New Jersey | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1762 |
Date voyage began | 1761-09-06 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1761-12-22 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1762-04-14 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1762-07-?? | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | 1762-??-?? | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Searing, James Hammond, Stephen |
Crew at voyage outset | ||
Crew at first landing of slaves | 4 | |
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 | 60 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 60 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | 15 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 50 | |
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) LList 1 Oct 1762: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Minch,163: Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984). |