Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36782 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Minerva | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | Bristol (RI) | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | Brig | |
Tonnage | 186 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 186 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | D'Wolf, Geo | |
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 | Bristol (RI) |
First place of slave purchase | Cape Coast Castle | |
Second place of slave purchase | Quilimane | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Quilimane | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | Cape of Good Hope | |
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 | East Africa and Indian Ocean islands | |
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | East Africa and Indian Ocean islands | |
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 | 1804 |
Date voyage began | 1803-07-08 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1803-10-03 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1804-02-?? | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1804-05-08 | |
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Collins, 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 | 205 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 205 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 160 | |
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 | 160 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 54.4% |
Percentage women IMP | 21.2% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 15.6% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 8.8% | |
Percentage male IMP | 70.0% | |
Percentage children IMP | 24.4% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 45 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 22.0% | |
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 T70/1580: Treasury, National Archives (Kew) Royal African Company Accounts Donnan,III,340: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) CapelaNotes: Capela, José, Archival notes on the slave trade from Mozambique. AHU,Moçambique,Cx.105,No.67;Cx.107,No.63: Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisbon), SEMU-DGU, BHS,D'Wolfpapers,MasterListofSeaLetters: Bristol Historical and Preservation Society (Bristol, RI) |