Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 75480
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Favourite Polly
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Prize (taken from French)
Year constructed 1761
Place registered Whitby
Year registered 1761
Rig Ship
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 146
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Maclane, Archibald
Maclane, Thomas
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 Windward + Ivory + Gold + Benin
Second place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Coast Castle
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Annapolis
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Annapolis
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Other Africa
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Maryland
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Maryland
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1762
Date voyage began 1761-06-23
Date trade began in Africa 1761-11-07
Date vessel departed Africa 1762-05-12
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1762-08-19
Date vessel departed for homeport 1762-08-19
Date voyage completed 1763-01-07
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 422
Middle passage (days) IMP 99
Captain and Crew Captain's name Campbell, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 12
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 10
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 86
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 96
Total slaves embarked IMP 96
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 80
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 80
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 16
Mortality rate IMP 17.0%
Source Sources BT6/3,159:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

Donnan,IV,48:

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


T70/1263:

British National Archives (Kew)


LList, 26 June 1761:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 28 Sept 1762:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 1 Mar 1763:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


ADM68/200,162:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


T70/31,f.5:

British National Archives (Kew)


Walsh Maryland Database: Walsh, Lorena, Database of slave trading voyages to Maryland