Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36707
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Prudent
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Newport
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 35
Standardized tonnage IMP 35
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Fairbanks, Benj
Weeden, James
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by United States with slaves
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP US
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Rhode Island, port unspecified
First place of slave purchase
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Africa, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Philadelphia
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Philadelphia
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Rhode Island
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
First region of slave landing Pennsylvania
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Pennsylvania
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1800
Date voyage began 1799-10-01
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1800-08-06
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 309
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Bennet, 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 39
Total slaves embarked IMP 39
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 16
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 16
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 23
Mortality rate IMP 59.0%
Source Sources Coughtry, 241-85:

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


PGaz,1800.08.07.:

Pennsylvania Gazette, (Philadelphia, United States)


Dixon: Dixon, Mark,"Remembering the Ganges," Main Line Today, February, 2005.
ProvidenceGazette,1800.08.16.: Providence Gazette (Providence, Rhode Island).