Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36467
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Fortune
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Rhode Island, port unspecified
Year constructed 1771
Place registered Newport
Year registered 1772
Rig Brig
Tonnage 60
Standardized tonnage IMP 60
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Wanton, William
Wanton, Joseph
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 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 Rhode Island, port unspecified
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 Rhode Island
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1774
Date voyage began 1773-06-14
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1774-01-22
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1774-04-13
Date vessel departed for homeport 1774-05-05
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 303
Middle passage (days) IMP 81
Captain and Crew Captain's name Paul, Wm
Ross, John
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 5
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 110
Total slaves embarked IMP 110
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 132
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 13
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 132
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
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


CO28/34,hh21:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T70/1541:

British National Archives (Kew)


LList, 17 June 1774:

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


T64/48:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


T64/49:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury