Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36297
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Three Friends
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Newport
Year registered
Rig Sloop
Tonnage 60
Standardized tonnage IMP 110
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Pease, Simon
Simons, John
Greene, Jos
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 Sierra Leone, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing South Carolina, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Rhode Island
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1765
Date voyage began 1764-07-30
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1765-09-21
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1765-12-08
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 418
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Carpenter, Willett
Draper, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 6
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
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 53
Total slaves embarked IMP 53
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 47
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 47
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 6
Mortality rate IMP 11.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


Donnan,III,202:

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


Donnan,IV,413:

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