| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36620 |
| 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 | Gardner, Caleb Vernon, William Clarke, Peleg Brown, Sam. |
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| Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Vice-Admiralty Court, Dominica, condemned |
| Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
| Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | British | |
| Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Delivered slaves for original owners | |
| African resistance | Slave insurrection | |
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Newport |
| 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 | Montevideo | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Montevideo | |
| 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 | Rio de la Plata | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | Rio de la Plata | |
| Region where voyage ended | Rhode Island | |
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1798 |
| Date voyage began | 1795-11-02 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | 1797-11-04 | |
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1798-01-29 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | 1798-06-14 | |
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 787 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | 86 | |
| 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 | 283 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 283 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 217 | |
| Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 213 | |
| Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
| Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
| Total slaves disembarked IMP | 250 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 45.9% |
| Percentage women IMP | 11.0% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 37.8% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 5.3% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 83.7% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 43.1% | |
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 33 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 12.0% | |
| Source | Sources | Coughtry, 151,241-83: Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981). Studer: De Studer, Elena F. S., Trata de Negros en el Rio de la Plata Durante el Siglo XVII (Buenos Aires, 1984). Donnan,III,359-60: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) NYHS,Vernon,Box2/2: New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2 NYHS,Vernon,Box1/3,98.08.04.: New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2 ANRJ, cx. 492: Arquivo Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) CapelaNotes: Capela, José, Archival notes on the slave trade from Mozambique. AHM, Fundo do Seculo XVIII, VI.57: Arquivo Histórico de Moçambique (Maputo, Mozambique) McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert. |