Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36905 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Semiramis | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | Bristol (RI) | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | Fragata | |
Tonnage | 163 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 163 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | D'Wolf, James | |
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 | Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount) | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount) | |
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 | Windward Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Windward Coast | |
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 | 1807 |
Date voyage began | 1806-05-06 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1807-05-14 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 373 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 74 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Slocum, Charles Collins |
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 | 181 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 181 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 158 | |
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 | 158 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 66.2% |
Percentage women IMP | 33.8% | |
Percentage boys IMP | ||
Percentage girls IMP | ||
Percentage male IMP | 66.2% | |
Percentage children IMP | 51.3% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 23 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 12.7% | |
Source | Sources | ANC,ML, 3518: Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Miscelanea de Libros, Havana, Cuba Coughtry, 241-85: Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981). AGI, Santo Domingo 2207: Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla) Klein,Havana dataset: University of Wisconsin Library (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Klein, Havana data-set, 1790-1820 Donnan,IV,523: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert. |