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) |