Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36880
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Rambler
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Bristol (RI)
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 165
Standardized tonnage IMP 165
Guns mounted
Vessel owners D'Wolf, George
Tayer, Edw
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 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 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 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 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 1806-04-26
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1806-12-29
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 70
Captain and Crew Captain's name Tayer, Edward
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 182
Total slaves embarked IMP 182
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 170
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 170
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 54.1%
Percentage women IMP 18.8%
Percentage boys IMP 25.3%
Percentage girls IMP 1.8%
Percentage male IMP 79.4%
Percentage children IMP 27.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 12
Mortality rate IMP 6.6%
Source Sources Aviso,1806.12.09.:

Aviso, Havana, Cuba


BarciaDataset: Barcia, Manuel (University of Leeds), Dataset of slave vessels arriving in Cuba, 1790-1810
CharlestonCourier, 29 Dec 1806:

Newsbank - Americas Historical Newspapers


Coughtry, 241-85:

Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981).


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

University of Wisconsin Library (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Klein, Havana data-set, 1790-1820


BHS,D'Wolf, Sabens Series,Box12,Folder 10:

Bristol Historical and Preservation Society (Bristol, RI)


rg,06.12.16.: Royal Gazette and Bahamas Advertiser
ANC,ML, 3518:

Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Miscelanea de Libros, Havana, Cuba