Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36597
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Nancy
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Providence
Year constructed 1784
Place registered Providence
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 110
Standardized tonnage IMP 110
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Allen, Zachariah
Allen, Philip
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 Iles de Los
Second place of slave purchase Sierra Leone estuary
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Paramaribo
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Paramaribo
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Rhode Island
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
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 Dutch Guianas
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dutch Guianas
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1793
Date voyage began 1793-03-29
Date trade began in Africa 1793-05-26
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1793-10-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Cooke, Joseph B
Crew at voyage outset 9
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 121
Total slaves embarked IMP 121
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 109
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 109
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, 151,241-85:

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


Donnan,III,358-59:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


Sharafi,71-103: Sharafi, Mitra,"The Slave Ship Manuscripts of Captain Joseph B. Cook: A Narrative Reconstruction of the Brig Nancy's Voyage of 1793," Slavery and Abolition, 24 (2003): 71-103.
McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.