Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36381
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Shelburne
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed British Americas, port unspecified
Year constructed 1758
Place registered Newport
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 110
Standardized tonnage IMP 110
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Clark, James (Capt)
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 London
First place of slave purchase Galam
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Galam
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 England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
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 1769
Date voyage began 1768-11-12
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1769-03-23
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 131
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Clark, James
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
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 155
Total slaves embarked IMP 155
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 138
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 138
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 138
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 37.79
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 17
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,IV,428:

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


LR1768: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT6/3,170:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LList, 4 Nov 1768:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 8 Nov 1768:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 12 May 1769:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


Grace, 24-8: Ashton, T. S., (ed.), Letters of a West African Trader, Edward Grace, 1767-70 (London, 1950).