Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 75258 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Chandos | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 310 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 354 | |
Guns mounted | 24 | |
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 | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Whydah, Ouidah | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Kingston | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Kingston | |
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 | ||
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 | 1724 |
Date voyage began | 1723-08-10 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1723-10-25 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1724-03-04 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1724-07-10 | |
Date voyage completed | 1724-09-13 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 207 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 56 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Mitchell, John Simpson, Al Herfoot, John |
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 | 556 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 556 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 556 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 520 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 437 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 520 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 53.1% |
Percentage women IMP | 27.9% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 11.9% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 7.2% | |
Percentage male IMP | 64.9% | |
Percentage children IMP | 19.1% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 36 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 6.5% | |
Source | Sources | JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, f. 6r: John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK) CO390/7: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) CO388/25,377,381: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) T70/1515: British National Archives (Kew) T70/958,157,191: British National Archives (Kew) T70/923: British National Archives (Kew) Galenson,165: Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986). T70/1225,76: British National Archives (Kew) Tattersfield,399: Tattersfield, Nigel, The Forgotten Trade: Comprising the Log of the 'Daniel and Henry' of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1725 (London, 1991). T70/7,f.51v: British National Archives (Kew) |