Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36648
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Betsey
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Warren
Year registered
Rig Sloop
Tonnage 58
Standardized tonnage IMP 58
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Pardon, Jon
Hail, Bowen
Martin, Sam
Tyler, Moses
Kelly, Duncan
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Newport
First place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
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
Region where voyage began IMP Rhode Island
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1797
Date voyage began 1796-01-05
Date trade began in Africa 1796-04-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1797-02-??
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 Bowen, Pardon
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 64
Total slaves embarked IMP 64
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 54
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 54
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 69.7%
Percentage women IMP 21.2%
Percentage boys IMP 9.1%
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 78.8%
Percentage children IMP 9.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 10
Mortality rate IMP 16.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981).


Donnan,III,378-79:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


T70/1572:

British National Archives (Kew)


Kup,44-6: Kup, Alexander (ed.), Adam Afzelius. Sierra Leone Journal (Uppsala, 1967).
AGI, Santo Domingo 1676:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)