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
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.