Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36347
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Dolphin
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Boston
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 50
Standardized tonnage IMP 92
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
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 Boston
First place of slave purchase Windward + Ivory + Gold + Benin
Second place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
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 Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Massachusetts
First region of slave purchase Other Africa
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 Barbados
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1766
Date voyage began 1765-10-02
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1766-07-27
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1766-10-10
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 373
Middle passage (days) IMP 75
Captain and Crew Captain's name Godfrey, Isaac
Crew at voyage outset
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 50
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 70
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 120
Total slaves embarked IMP 120
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 105
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 105
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 15
Mortality rate IMP 13.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


CO28/32,ff101:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Donnan,III,72:

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


T70/1263:

British National Archives (Kew)