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
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