Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 76542
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Diligence
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 110
Standardized tonnage IMP 78
Guns mounted 2
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 C.C. Castle and Windward
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
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 Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Other Africa
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1723
Date voyage began 1722-06-26
Date trade began in Africa 1722-07-13
Date vessel departed Africa 1722-12-18
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1723-02-28
Date vessel departed for homeport 1723-05-05
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 247
Middle passage (days) IMP 72
Captain and Crew Captain's name Dymond, Charles
Crew at voyage outset 20
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 200
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 200
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 200
Total slaves embarked IMP 200
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 197
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 185
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 197
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 72.1%
Percentage women IMP 8.2%
Percentage boys IMP 17.5%
Percentage girls IMP 2.2%
Percentage male IMP 89.6%
Percentage children IMP 19.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 29.78
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 3
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources CO390/7:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO388/25,377,380:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO33/15,7,12:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T70/1515:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/958,7-8,38:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/923,43:

British National Archives (Kew)


Galenson,165: Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986).
T70/1225:

British National Archives (Kew)