Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 76537 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Greyhound Sloop | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Sloop | |
Tonnage | 75 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 51 | |
Guns mounted | 4 | |
Vessel owners | Royal African Company | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Returned direct to Africa after bringing slaves to the Americas |
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 Coast, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave purchase | Cape Coast Castle | |
Third place of slave purchase | Whydah, Ouidah | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Whydah, Ouidah | |
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 | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | Windward Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Benin | |
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 | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1722 |
Date voyage began | 1721-02-04 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1721-04-30 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1721-11-20 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1722-01-10 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1722-05-01 | |
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 340 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 51 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Powis, William |
Crew at voyage outset | 12 | |
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 | 120 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 120 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 120 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 107 | |
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 | 107 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 46.7% |
Percentage women IMP | 17.8% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 26.2% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 9.3% | |
Percentage male IMP | 72.9% | |
Percentage children IMP | 35.5% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 13 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 11.0% | |
Source | Sources | CO390/7: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) CO33/15,7,12: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) C113/285,f.77: British National Archives, Chancery Records, Various Six Clerks, Series I, 1715-1758 (Kew, UK) CO388/25,376,379: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) Galenson,164: Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986). Donnan,II,260,261: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) T70/1225: British National Archives (Kew) T70/4,24: British National Archives (Kew) T70/7,30,f.39: British National Archives (Kew) |