Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36621 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Blackney | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | Somerset | |
Year constructed | 1794 | |
Place registered | Bristol (RI) | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | Schooner | |
Tonnage | 43 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 43 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Bourne, John Wardwell Babbit, Jacob |
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Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Bought at least one slave in Africa - subsequent fate unknown |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves embarked, transhipped or no further record | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Not captured | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (natural hazard) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Newport |
First place of slave purchase | Gorée | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Gorée | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | ||
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | ||
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | Rhode Island | |
First region of slave purchase | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
First region of slave landing | ||
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | ||
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1796 |
Date voyage began | 1795-11-10 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1795-12-31 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | ||
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 | Gardner, Edward |
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 | 47 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 47 | |
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 | 41 | |
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 | Jorge Felipe, chapter 3: Jorge Felipe, "The Foundation and Growth of the Cuban-based Atlantic Slave Trade, 1790-1820" (Unpublished PhD thesis, Michigan State University, 2019) Coughtry, 241-85: Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981). Mouser,1978: Mouser, Bruce L.,"Voyage of the Good Sloop 'Dolphin' to Africa, 1795-1796," American Neptune, 38 (1978): 249-61. Donnan,III,358: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) PAST,A,part2:28,174: Coughtry, Jay (ed.), Papers of the American Slave Trade (microform) (Bethesda, MD, 1996). McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert. |