Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 36918
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Deborah
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Warren
Year registered
Rig Sloop
Tonnage 43
Standardized tonnage IMP 43
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Luther Cole
Churchill, Ansell
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
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
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 1808
Date voyage began 1807-03-03
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1808-01-??
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 Cole, Luther
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 47
Total slaves embarked IMP 47
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 40
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 40
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 30.0%
Percentage women IMP 15.0%
Percentage boys IMP 30.0%
Percentage girls IMP 25.0%
Percentage male IMP 60.0%
Percentage children IMP 55.0%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 7
Mortality rate IMP 15.0%
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


AGI, Santo Domingo 2207:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)