Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 75371
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Dunwick
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Buque
Tonnage 306
Standardized tonnage IMP 350
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 Jacquin
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Jacquin
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Portobelo
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Portobelo
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 Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1716
Date voyage began 1715-07-26
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1716-02-27
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1716-11-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 216
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Blake, John
Boyles, Samuel
Crew at voyage outset 50
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
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 650
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 543
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 349
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 543
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 78.2%
Percentage women IMP 11.5%
Percentage boys IMP 8.3%
Percentage girls IMP 2.0%
Percentage male IMP 86.5%
Percentage children IMP 10.3%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, f. 3v:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


CO390/7:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Add.mss,25496,79,225,238:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


Add.mss,25497,10:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


Donnan,SouthSeaCo: Donnan, Elizabeth,"The Early Days of the South Sea Company, 1711-1718," Journal of Economic and Business History, 2 (1929): 419-50.
T70/8,f.100v:

British National Archives (Kew)


AGI, Contaduria, 266, 268:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)