Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36495 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Othello | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | Newport | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | Brig | |
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Vernon, Samuel Vernon, William |
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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 | Gambia | |
Second place of slave purchase | Iles de Los | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Iles de Los | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Montego Bay | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Montego Bay | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | Rhode Island | |
First region of slave purchase | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
Second region of slave purchase | Sierra Leone | |
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Sierra Leone | |
First region of slave landing | Jamaica | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Jamaica | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1775 |
Date voyage began | 1774-09-05 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1774-11-?? | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1775-07-15 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 313 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Sweet, George Dunbar |
Crew at voyage outset | 10 | |
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 | 15 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 65 | |
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 80 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 80 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 75 | |
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 | 75 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 22.7% |
Percentage women IMP | 21.3% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 37.3% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 18.7% | |
Percentage male IMP | 60.0% | |
Percentage children IMP | 56.0% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 41.37 | |
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 5 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 6.0% | |
Source | Sources | Coughtry, 241-85: Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981). Donnan,III,310: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) LList, 8 Aug 1775: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 31 Oct 1775: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/11;Bx2/7 and 8: New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2 NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/12,Sweet,75.06.15.: New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2 NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/12,Sweet,74.11.16.: New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2 NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/14,Vernons,74.08.29.: New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2 |