Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36293
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Othello
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Newport
Year registered
Rig Brigantine
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Vernon, Sam
Vernon, Wm
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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Newport
First place of slave purchase Iles de Los
Second place of slave purchase Anomabu
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Anomabu
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Antigua, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Saint John (Antigua)
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Rhode Island
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Antigua
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Antigua
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1765
Date voyage began 1764-05-14
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1765-10-03
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 507
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Rogers, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 13
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 21
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 45
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 66
Total slaves embarked IMP 66
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 42
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 41
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 42
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 22.0%
Percentage women IMP 14.6%
Percentage boys IMP 31.7%
Percentage girls IMP 31.7%
Percentage male IMP 53.7%
Percentage children IMP 63.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 22.39
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 24
Mortality rate IMP 36.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 151,241-85:

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


Donnan,III,197-202:

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


CO28/32,ff86:

Colonial Office, National Archives (UK)


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/11,Rogers,65.02.38.:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx2/2, and 8,9,18:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/11,Rogers,64.07.30.:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/11,Rogers,65.09.25.:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/14,Vernon,64.05.12.:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/14,Vernon,64.05.99.:

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