Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36459
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Adventure
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Newport
Year constructed 1766
Place registered Newport
Year registered 1767
Rig Sloop
Tonnage 30
Standardized tonnage IMP 30
Guns mounted 4
Vessel owners Champlin, Christ
Champlin, Geo
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 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 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 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 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 1773
Date voyage began 1772-??-??
Date trade began in Africa 1772-05-24
Date vessel departed Africa 1773-01-03
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1773-02-13
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 41
Captain and Crew Captain's name Tuell, Sam
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 6
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 96
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 94
Total slaves embarked IMP 94
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 94
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 81
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 94
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 39.5%
Percentage women IMP 29.6%
Percentage boys IMP 28.4%
Percentage girls IMP 2.5%
Percentage male IMP 67.9%
Percentage children IMP 30.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 47.05
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


Donnan,III,257,259,260-61,266-67:

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


CO28/34,hh6:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T64/48, no1:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


Ford,WC,I:425,429: Ford, W. C. (ed.), The Commerce of Rhode Island, 1726-1800, 2 vols. (Massachusetts Historical Society, 1914-15).