Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36742
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Punch
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Bristol (RI)
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 122
Standardized tonnage IMP 122
Guns mounted
Vessel owners D'Wolf, James*
Sabens, John
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 Bristol (RI)
First place of slave purchase Sierra Leone estuary
Second place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Montevideo
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Montevideo
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 Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Rio de la Plata
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Rio de la Plata
Region where voyage ended Rhode Island
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1800
Date voyage began 1800-05-29
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1800-10-13
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1800-12-19
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 204
Middle passage (days) IMP 67
Captain and Crew Captain's name Sabens, John
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 105
Total slaves embarked IMP 105
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 94
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 94
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 11
Mortality rate IMP 10.0%
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)


PAST,A,part2:reel 12,image 3422, 3431: Coughtry, Jay (ed.), Papers of the American Slave Trade (microform) (Bethesda, MD, 1996).
RIHS,microf,reel12/24,brig"Punch":

Rhode Island Historical Society


BHS,D'WolfPapers,Punch files,Bx4,fold15-28:

Bristol Historical and Preservation Society (Bristol, RI)


AGNA, IX, 2-9-6:

Archivo General de la Nacion, Argentina (Buenos Aires)