Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36523
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Don Galvez
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 Brown, 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 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 Charleston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
Place where voyage ended Boston
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 South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended Massachusetts
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1785
Date voyage began 1784-??-??
Date trade began in Africa 1785-??-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1785-09-21
Date vessel departed for homeport 1785-10-14
Date voyage completed 1785-10-28
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Gardner
Crew at voyage outset
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 133
Total slaves embarked IMP 133
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 127
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 127
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 48.8%
Percentage women IMP 17.3%
Percentage boys IMP 23.6%
Percentage girls IMP 10.2%
Percentage male IMP 72.4%
Percentage children IMP 33.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 54.2
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 6
Mortality rate IMP 5.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/2, Brown,85.10.30.:

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


McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.