Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 75241
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Carteret
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Buque
Tonnage 500
Standardized tonnage IMP 563
Guns mounted
Vessel owners South Sea Company
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 London
First place of slave purchase Cabinda
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cabinda
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Buenos Aires
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Buenos Aires
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
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 Rio de la Plata
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Rio de la Plata
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1724
Date voyage began 1723-04-13
Date trade began in Africa 1723-08-30
Date vessel departed Africa 1723-10-26
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1724-01-11
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1725-07-09
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 273
Middle passage (days) IMP 77
Captain and Crew Captain's name Opie, John
Crew at voyage outset 80
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 400
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 419
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 327
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 327
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 79.8%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources CO390/7:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO388/25,380:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


ADM68/194,29v:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


Add.mss,25501,12,14,102:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


Add.mss,25502,4:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


Add.mss,25556,99:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


T70/1225,63:

British National Archives (Kew)


Palmer,14,15,116: Palmer, Colin, Human Cargoes: The British Slave Trade to Spanish America (Urbana, 1981).
Studer:

De Studer, Elena F. S., Trata de Negros en el Rio de la Plata Durante el Siglo XVII (Buenos Aires, 1984).


Donnan,II,296-7:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


AGI, Indiferente 2769:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)