Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36269
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Little Sally
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Boston
Year constructed 1759
Place registered Newport
Year registered 1760
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 10
Standardized tonnage IMP 10
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Vernon, Samuel
Vernon, Wm
Taylor, Thom
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 Rhode Island, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing Upper James River
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Upper James River
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 Rhode Island
Second region of slave landing Virginia
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Virginia
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1763
Date voyage began 1762-??-??
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1763-07-02
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Taylor, William
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 2
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 67
Total slaves embarked IMP 67
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 62
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 1
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 60
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 62
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 33.3%
Percentage women IMP 41.7%
Percentage boys IMP 20.0%
Percentage girls IMP 5.0%
Percentage male IMP 53.3%
Percentage children IMP 27.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 40.52
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 5
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


CO28/32,f29:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Donnan,III,186:

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


NYHS,Vernon, Bx 2/16:

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


Minch,165: Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984).
NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/13,Taylor,63.07.05.:

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


Donnan,IV,230:

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