| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36862 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Commerce | |
| Flag | U.S.A. | |
| Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | Newport | |
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Schooner | |
| Tonnage | 128 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 128 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Spooner, John Pickering, Benning |
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| Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Bought at least one slave in Africa - subsequent fate unknown |
| Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves embarked, transhipped or no further record | |
| Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Not captured | |
| Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Unknown outcome | |
| African resistance | ||
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Newport |
| First place of slave purchase | Africa, port unspecified | |
| 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 | ||
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Americas, port unspecified | |
| Place where voyage ended | ||
| Region where voyage began IMP | Rhode Island | |
| First region of slave purchase | Other Africa | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Other Africa | |
| First region of slave landing | ||
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | Americas | |
| Region where voyage ended | ||
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1806 |
| Date voyage began | 1806-03-01 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | ||
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Stevens, Joseph B |
| Crew at voyage outset | 9 | |
| 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 | 141 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 141 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
| 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 | 123 | |
| 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 | ||
| Mortality rate IMP | ||
| Source | Sources | Coughtry, 241-85: Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981). BHS,D'Wolf,MountHopeInsuranceBook: Bristol Historical and Preservation Society (Bristol, RI) |