Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36260
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Royal Charlotte
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed 1762
Place registered Newport
Year registered 1762
Rig Brig
Tonnage 90
Standardized tonnage IMP 164
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Vernon, Samuel
Vernon, William
Taylor, Thomas Tickle
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 Newport
First place of slave purchase Anomabu
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Anomabu
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Rhode Island, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing Upper James River
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Rhode Island, 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 Rhode Island
Second region of slave landing Virginia
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Rhode Island
Region where voyage ended Rhode Island
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1763
Date voyage began 1762-03-26
Date trade began in Africa 1762-05-22
Date vessel departed Africa 1763-02-08
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1763-06-02
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 433
Middle passage (days) IMP 114
Captain and Crew Captain's name Taylor, William
Crew at voyage outset 11
Crew at first landing of slaves 6
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 70
Total slaves embarked IMP 70
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 61
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 38.96
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)


CO28/32,ff47:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Minch, 167: Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984).
NYHS,Vernon,Box1/4,Dordin,63.07.17.:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx2/10 and 11:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/14,Vernon,62.03.24.:

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


PG,63.06.16.: Pennsylvania Gazette
NM, 63.06.06.: Newport Mercury (Newport, Rhode Island).
Donnan,IV,230:

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