Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 76544
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Sherbrow Gally
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 170
Standardized tonnage IMP 123
Guns mounted 8
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 Cabinda
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cabinda
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing Jamaica
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1723
Date voyage began 1722-08-02
Date trade began in Africa 1722-11-14
Date vessel departed Africa 1723-01-23
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1723-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1723-06-19
Date voyage completed 1723-08-19
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 60
Captain and Crew Captain's name Brydges, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 28
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 350
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 350
Total slaves embarked IMP 350
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 271
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 2
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 269
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 271
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 71.1%
Percentage women IMP 13.7%
Percentage boys IMP 11.1%
Percentage girls IMP 4.0%
Percentage male IMP 82.3%
Percentage children IMP 15.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 79
Mortality rate IMP 23.0%
Source Sources T70/958,80:

British National Archives (Kew)


Donnan,II,294:

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


T70/923,60-1:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO33/15,7:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Galenson,165: Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986).
CO390/7:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO388/25,376,380:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T70/1515:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1225:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/7,f.46:

British National Archives (Kew)