Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 76091
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Royal Africa
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Non-British
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 146
Guns mounted 10
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 Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase
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 Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1715
Date voyage began 1714-12-01
Date trade began in Africa 1715-02-20
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1715-08-17
Date vessel departed for homeport 1715-10-24
Date voyage completed 1716-02-20
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 259
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Foot, Samuel
Hereford, Nurse
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 215
Total slaves embarked IMP 215
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 208
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 206
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 208
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 59.7%
Percentage women IMP 20.4%
Percentage boys IMP 15.5%
Percentage girls IMP 4.4%
Percentage male IMP 75.2%
Percentage children IMP 19.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 24.15
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 7
Mortality rate IMP 3.0%
Source Sources CO33/15,10,36,37:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T70/957,3-6:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/8,f.97:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/3:50:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/19;4v,8,14v,16v:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/9;97v:

British National Archives (Kew)


WJ,16.02.25.: Weekly Journal
Tattersfield,18,220: 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).
C113/276-89:

British National Archives, Chancery Records, Various Six Clerks, Series I, 1715-1758 (Kew, UK)


T70/1209B,76:

British National Archives (Kew)