Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36684
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Orange
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Freetown (Mass.)
Year constructed 1795
Place registered Newport
Year registered 1798
Rig Brigantine
Tonnage 124
Standardized tonnage IMP 124
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Mayberry, Freeman
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Condemned - Americas after disembarkation
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
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 Iles de Los
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Iles de Los
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Bahamas, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing Havana
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 Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing Bahamas
Second region of slave landing Cuba
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 1799
Date voyage began 1798-12-16
Date trade began in Africa 1799-01-23
Date vessel departed Africa 1799-02-23
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1799-03-27
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1799-06-04
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 101
Middle passage (days) IMP 32
Captain and Crew Captain's name Mayberry, Freeman
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 120
Total slaves embarked IMP 120
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 119
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 68
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 119
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 75.0%
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP 25.0%
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 100.0%
Percentage children IMP 25.0%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 1
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
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,378,380-82:

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


NYHS,Vernon,Bx2/6:

New York Historical Society (New York, New York, USA) Vernon ms, boxes 1-2