Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36837
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Hiram
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Bristol (RI)
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 73
Standardized tonnage IMP 73
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Manchester, Isaac
Norris, Thom
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 Rhode Island, port unspecified
First place of slave purchase Rio Pongo
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Rio Pongo
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
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 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 1806
Date voyage began 1805-12-13
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1806-05-20
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1806-06-26
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 195
Middle passage (days) IMP 37
Captain and Crew Captain's name Manchester, Isaac
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 80
Total slaves embarked IMP 80
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 101
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 101
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 44.6%
Percentage women IMP 8.9%
Percentage boys IMP 35.6%
Percentage girls IMP 10.9%
Percentage male IMP 80.2%
Percentage children IMP 46.5%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
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


BarciaDataset: Barcia, Manuel (University of Leeds), Dataset of slave vessels arriving in Cuba, 1790-1810
McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.