Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36649
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Becca
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Warren
Year registered
Rig Sloop
Tonnage 64
Standardized tonnage IMP 64
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Collins, Chas
Wheaton, Chas
Harris, John
Carter, Alf
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
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Warren
First place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast, place unspecified
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 Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Windward 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 1796-01-05
Date trade began in Africa 1796-03-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1796-11-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1797-03-21
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Harris, John
Cory, William
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 70
Total slaves embarked IMP 70
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 45
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 45
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 33.3%
Percentage women IMP 31.1%
Percentage boys IMP 20.0%
Percentage girls IMP 15.6%
Percentage male IMP 53.3%
Percentage children IMP 35.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 25
Mortality rate IMP 36.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


Klein,Havana dataset:

University of Wisconsin Library (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Klein, Havana data-set, 1790-1820


Donnan,III,378-79:

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).