Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36273
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Three Friends
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Prize (unknown place)
Year constructed
Place registered Newport
Year registered 1759
Rig Sloop
Tonnage 60
Standardized tonnage IMP 110
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Pease, Simon
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 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 Montego Bay
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Montego Bay
Place where voyage ended Rhode Island, port unspecified
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 Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended Rhode Island
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1763
Date voyage began 1763-01-31
Date trade began in Africa 1763-05-11
Date vessel departed Africa 1763-10-09
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1763-12-29
Date vessel departed for homeport 1764-04-03
Date voyage completed 1764-05-21
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 332
Middle passage (days) IMP 81
Captain and Crew Captain's name Carpenter, Willet
Crew at voyage outset
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 78
Total slaves embarked IMP 78
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 53
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 53
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 25
Mortality rate IMP 32.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


Donnan,III,189:

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


T70/1263:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO142/18,62-3,93-4:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)