Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36307
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name King George
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Prize (unknown place)
Year constructed
Place registered Bristol (RI)
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Potter, Simeon
Wharton, Jos*
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 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
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1765
Date voyage began 1764-??-??
Date trade began in Africa 1764-09-14
Date vessel departed Africa 1765-05-10
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1765-06-08
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 29
Captain and Crew Captain's name Knowles, Henry
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 10
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 200
Total slaves embarked IMP 200
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 140
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 140
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 60
Mortality rate IMP 30.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


T70/1263:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO142/18,105-6,111-2:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/11,Rogers,65.02.26.:

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