Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 4974 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Wanderer | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | Brookhaven | |
Year constructed | 1857 | |
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Schooner | |
Tonnage | 235 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 235 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Lamar, Charles Augustus Lafayette | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Captured by United States after slaves disembarked |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | US | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | New York |
First place of slave purchase | Congo River | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Congo River | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Georgia, port unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Georgia, port unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | New York | |
First region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
First region of slave landing | Georgia | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Georgia | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1858 |
Date voyage began | 1858-06-18 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1858-10-16 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1858-11-28 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 163 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 47 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Corrie, William G. Farnum, Charles Egbert Brown, Nicholas |
Crew at voyage outset | 15 | |
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 | 487 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 487 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 407 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 409 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 407 | |
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 | Jordan, 272-90: Jordan, Jim "Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar and the Movement to Reopen the African Slave Trade", Georgia Historical Quarterly, 93 (2009): 264-266 ADM123/179,Grey,59.11.04,enc: Admiralty, National Archives (UK) Howard,214-62: Howard, Warren S., American Slaves and Federal Law, 1837-1862 (Berkeley, CA, 1963) Wanderer logbook: Emory University, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Special Collections Department (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) Mss 172, Wanderer (Ship) Records, Logbook of the yacht “Wanderer” FO313/64,p.76: TNA (Kew) |