Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 36990 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | ||
Vessel name | Clotilda | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | Mobile | |
Year constructed | 1855 | |
Place registered | Mobile | |
Year registered | 1855 | |
Rig | Schooner | |
Tonnage | 121 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 121 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Meaher, Timothy | |
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 | Mobile |
First place of slave purchase | Whydah, Ouidah | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Whydah, Ouidah | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Mobile | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Mobile | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | Gulf coast | |
First region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Benin | |
First region of slave landing | Gulf coast | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Gulf coast | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1860 |
Date voyage began | 1860-03-04 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1860-05-15 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1860-05-24 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1860-07-08 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 126 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 45 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Foster, William |
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 | 110 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 110 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 110 | |
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 | 108 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | |
Percentage women IMP | ||
Percentage boys IMP | ||
Percentage girls IMP | ||
Percentage male IMP | 50.0% | |
Percentage children IMP | ||
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
Mortality rate IMP | 1.8% | |
Source | Sources | Howard, p. 301-02: Howard, Warren S., American Slaves and Federal Law, 1837-1862 (Berkeley, CA, 1963) Diouf: Diouf, A. Sylviane, Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America (New York , 2007). |