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 |
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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 | 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: Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts CO28/32,ff47: Colonial Office, National Archives (UK) 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, (Philadelphia, United States) NM, 63.06.06.: Newport Mercury, (Newport, Rhode Island, United States) Donnan,IV,230: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) |