Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36404
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Othello
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed New England
Year constructed 1764
Place registered Newport
Year registered 1764
Rig Brig
Tonnage 25
Standardized tonnage IMP 25
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Vernon, Samuel
Vernon, William
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Voyage completed as intended
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 Newport
First place of slave purchase Anomabu
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Anomabu
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Rappahannock
Second place of slave landing Rhode Island, port unspecified
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Rappahannock
Place where voyage ended Newport
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 Virginia
Second region of slave landing Rhode Island
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Virginia
Region where voyage ended Rhode Island
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1771
Date voyage began 1770-03-24
Date trade began in Africa 1770-06-23
Date vessel departed Africa 1771-01-20
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1771-04-22
Date vessel departed for homeport 1771-07-10
Date voyage completed 1771-10-21
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 394
Middle passage (days) IMP 92
Captain and Crew Captain's name Duncan, John
Stanton, John
Crew at voyage outset 11
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 90
Total slaves embarked IMP 90
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 87
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 85
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 2
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 87
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 29.4%
Percentage women IMP 36.5%
Percentage boys IMP 21.2%
Percentage girls IMP 12.9%
Percentage male IMP 50.6%
Percentage children IMP 34.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 42.79
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 3
Mortality rate IMP 3.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


Donnan,III,248,251:

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


Donnan,II,543:

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


LList, 19 Apr 1771:

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


Minch,177: Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984).
NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/4,70.03.13;71.03.99.:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx2/9 and 7:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/13,Thornton,71.05.29.:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/15,Yates,71.06.08.:

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