Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 75256
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Chandos
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Deptford
Year constructed 1721
Place registered
Year registered 1721
Rig
Tonnage 240
Standardized tonnage IMP 177
Guns mounted 14
Vessel owners Royal African 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 Whydah, Ouidah
Second place of slave purchase Jacquin
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1723
Date voyage began 1722-01-02
Date trade began in Africa 1722-02-06
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1723-01-22
Date vessel departed for homeport 1723-03-05
Date voyage completed 1723-05-01
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 385
Middle passage (days) IMP 94
Captain and Crew Captain's name Menzies, William
Barnard, James
Crew at voyage outset 42
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 500
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 417
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 417
Total slaves embarked IMP 417
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 349
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 323
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 349
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 68
Mortality rate IMP 16.3%
Source Sources JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, fol. 6r:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


CO390/7:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO388/25,376,379:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T70/1515:

British National Archives (Kew)


Palmer,48: Palmer, Colin, Human Cargoes: The British Slave Trade to Spanish America (Urbana, 1981).
T70/922,154-61:

British National Archives (Kew)


Galenson,164: Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986).
T70/1225:

British National Archives (Kew)


Donnan,II,284,289:

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