Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 76563
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Mary
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Bristol
Year constructed 1712
Place registered London
Year registered 1729
Rig
Tonnage 200
Standardized tonnage IMP 305
Guns mounted 20
Vessel owners Eaton, Peter
Atkins, Robert
Chapman, John
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 Keta
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Keta
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Antigua, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Saint John (Antigua)
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 Antigua
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Antigua
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1731
Date voyage began 1729-12-31
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1731-01-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1731-08-17
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Chapman, John
Crew at voyage outset 47
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 372
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 317
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 317
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
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources CO33/16,I,26:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Donnan,II,428:

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


CO33/30:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


ADM68/195,209:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


RWJ,31.02.20.: Read's Weekly Journal; or, British Gazetteer
PM,30.01.01-03.: Post Man
WR,30.12.19.: Weekly Register