Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 7661
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Amedie
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Charleston
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 111
Standardized tonnage IMP 111
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Grove, Samuel
Poe, de
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Vice-Admiralty Court, Tortola, condemned
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP British
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Charleston
First place of slave purchase Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Tortola, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Tortola, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP South Carolina
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing Tortola
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Tortola
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1807
Date voyage began 1807-08-01
Date trade began in Africa 1807-09-12
Date vessel departed Africa 1807-11-01
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1807-12-27
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 148
Middle passage (days) IMP 56
Captain and Crew Captain's name Robin, Martin
Johnson, James
Crew at voyage outset 15
Crew at first landing of slaves 12
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 108
Total slaves embarked IMP 108
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 103
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 103
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 34.7%
Percentage women IMP 12.2%
Percentage boys IMP 28.6%
Percentage girls IMP 24.5%
Percentage male IMP 63.3%
Percentage children IMP 53.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 5
Mortality rate IMP 5.0%
Source Sources Donnan,IV,531-50:

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


PP,1813-14,XII,325.:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


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