Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36619 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Fair Eliza | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | Connecticut, port unspecified | |
Year constructed | 1784 | |
Place registered | Bristol (RI) | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | Snauw | |
Tonnage | 115 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 115 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | D'Wolf, Charles Ingraham, Jeremiah |
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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 | Insurrection planned, but thwarted | |
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Newport |
First place of slave purchase | Gorée | |
Second place of slave purchase | Cape Coast Castle | |
Third place of slave purchase | Anomabu | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Anomabu | |
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 | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
Second region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast | |
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 | 1796 |
Date voyage began | 1795-11-03 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1796-02-?? | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1796-07-28 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1796-08-25 | |
Date voyage completed | 1796-09-20 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 268 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 74 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Smith, Benedict Slocum, Charles |
Crew at voyage outset | 12 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | 10 | |
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 | 127 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 127 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
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 | 102 | |
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 | 25 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 19.7% | |
Source | Sources | Hoxse,9-14: Hoxse, John, Yankee Tar (Northampton, 1840) Ships Documents,88: anon, Ships Documents of Rhode Island (Bristol, 1941) Coughtry, 241-85: Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981). T70/1572: British National Archives (Kew) Donnan,III,358,361,368: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) GG, 28 July 1796: Georgia Gazette McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert. |