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* |
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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 |