| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36313 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Newport Packet | |
| Flag | U.S.A. | |
| Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
| Place constructed | New England | |
| Year constructed | 1763 | |
| Place registered | Newport | |
| Year registered | 1763 | |
| Rig | Brigantine | |
| Tonnage | 20 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 38 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Cranston, Thomas Lawton, Isaac Bourse, John Hicks, Benjamin |
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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 | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
| Second place of slave purchase | Anomabu | |
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | Charleston | |
| 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 | Gold Coast | |
| 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 | 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-??-?? | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1765-07-08 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | 1765-08-27 | |
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Sherman, James |
| Crew at voyage outset | 8 | |
| Crew at first landing of slaves | 8 | |
| 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 | 172 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 172 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 154 | |
| 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 | 154 | |
| 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 | 18 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 10.0% | |
| Source | Sources | Coughtry, 241-85: Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981). CO5/510: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) Donnan,IV,413: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) LList, 25 June 1765: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 3 Sept 1765: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) |