Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 76639
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Lady Rachel
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 10
Vessel owners Lansdell, Charles
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
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Coast Castle
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 Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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 1722
Date voyage began 1721-07-20
Date trade began in Africa 1721-09-29
Date vessel departed Africa 1721-12-23
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1722-03-08
Date vessel departed for homeport 1722-05-30
Date voyage completed 1722-06-04
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 231
Middle passage (days) IMP 75
Captain and Crew Captain's name Lansdell, Charles
Crew at voyage outset 25
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 280
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 280
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 280
Total slaves embarked IMP 280
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 241
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 241
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 39
Mortality rate IMP 14.0%
Source Sources CO390/7:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO388/25,376,379:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO152/15,333:

BNA (Kew)


Donnan,II,294:

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


C113/262:

British National Archives, Chancery Records, Various Six Clerks, Series I, 1715-1758 (Kew, UK)


C113/285,f.77:

British National Archives, Chancery Records, Various Six Clerks, Series I, 1715-1758 (Kew, UK)


T70/922,98-102:

British National Archives (Kew)


Galenson,164: Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986).
T70/7,f.20:

British National Archives (Kew)