Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 75696
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name John Gally
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Balandra
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 85
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 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 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 1718
Date voyage began 1717-06-07
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1718-01-10
Date vessel departed for homeport 1718-09-04
Date voyage completed 1718-11-18
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 217
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Coward, Edward
Noll
Crew at voyage outset 30
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 350
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 359
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 359
Total slaves embarked IMP 359
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 267
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 102
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 240
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 267
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 92
Mortality rate IMP 25.6%
Source Sources JRL, English MS, 1390, 1, f. 4r:

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


CO390/7:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Add.mss,25497,76:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


Donnan,II,238:

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


Donnan,SouthSeaCo: Donnan, Elizabeth,"The Early Days of the South Sea Company, 1711-1718," Journal of Economic and Business History, 2 (1929): 419-50.
AGI, Contaduria 268:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)


PM,20.06.1717: Post Man
PM,08.11.1718: Post Man
PM,25.11.1718: Post Man
O'Malley,160:

O'Malley, Gregory E., Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807 (Chapel Hill, 2014)


Add.mss,25563,173:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)