Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36864
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Columbia
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Providence
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 162
Standardized tonnage IMP 162
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Brattell, James
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 Rhode Island, port unspecified
First place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Coast Castle
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Americas, region unspecified
Second place of slave landing Charleston
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Americas, region unspecified
Place where voyage ended Rhode Island, port unspecified
Region where voyage began IMP Rhode Island
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Other Brazil
Second region of slave landing South Carolina
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Americas
Region where voyage ended Rhode Island
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1807
Date voyage began 1806-06-07
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1807-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1807-05-30
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Hudson, Thomas A
Crew at voyage outset 10
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 178
Total slaves embarked IMP 178
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 62
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 134
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).


Donnan,IV,523:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


T70/1583:

British National Archives (Kew)


McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.