Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36627 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Liberty | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | Providence | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 139 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 138 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Smith, Amassa Potter, Abijah Prentis, Thom |
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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 | Slave insurrection | |
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Rhode Island, port unspecified |
First place of slave purchase | Gorée | |
Second place of slave purchase | Bance/Bunce Island | |
Third place of slave purchase | Windward Coast, place unspecified | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Bance/Bunce Island | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Savannah | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Savannah | |
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 | Sierra Leone | |
Third region of slave purchase | Windward Coast | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Sierra Leone | |
First region of slave landing | Georgia | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Georgia | |
Region where voyage ended | Rhode Island | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1796 |
Date voyage began | 1795-09-19 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1795-10-?? | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1796-04-04 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1796-05-05 | |
Date voyage completed | 1796-05-14 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 198 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Potter, Abijah Prentice, Thomas |
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 | 7 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 104 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 104 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 104 | |
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 | 104 | |
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, 151,241-83: Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981). Donnan,IV,634: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) Mouser,1978: Mouser, Bruce L.,"Voyage of the Good Sloop 'Dolphin' to Africa, 1795-1796," American Neptune, 38 (1978): 249-61. GG, 21 Apr 1796: Georgia Gazette Jeffery,93-4: Jeffery, Reginald W. (ed.), Dyott's Diary, 1781-1845. A Selection from the Journal of William Dyott, 2 vols. (London,1907). PAST,A,part2:28,173: 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. NARA,Atlanta,RG36Savannahmanifests,bx3,1795-96: National Archives Record Administration, Southeast Region (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) |