| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36590 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Ascension | |
| Flag | U.S.A. | |
| Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | Newport and Salem | |
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Ship | |
| Tonnage | 208 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 208 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Vernon, Wm Gardner, Caleb Clarke, Peleg Brown, Sam |
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| 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 | Slave insurrection | |
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Rhode Island, port unspecified |
| First place of slave purchase | Mozambique | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Mozambique | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | Havana | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Havana | |
| Place where voyage ended | Rhode Island, port unspecified | |
| Region where voyage began IMP | Rhode Island | |
| First region of slave purchase | East Africa and Indian Ocean islands | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | East Africa and Indian Ocean islands | |
| First region of slave landing | Cuba | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | Cuba | |
| Region where voyage ended | Rhode Island | |
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1794 |
| Date voyage began | 1793-05-28 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1794-03-12 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | 1794-06-?? | |
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 288 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Chace, Samuel |
| 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 | 221 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 221 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 197 | |
| 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 | 197 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 38.6% |
| Percentage women IMP | 10.7% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 37.1% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 13.7% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 75.6% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 50.8% | |
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 24 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 11.0% | |
| Source | Sources | Coughtry, 241-85: Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981). Klein,Havana dataset: University of Wisconsin Library (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Klein, Havana data-set, 1790-1820 NYHS,Vernon,Bx1/2,Browne,94.03.19.: New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2 Duke,Ascention: Duke University, Special Collections Library (Durham, North Carolina, USA) Ascention ship papers, 1793 Donnan,III,359-60: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) BarciaDataset: Barcia, Manuel (University of Leeds), Dataset of slave vessels arriving in Cuba, 1790-1810 |