Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 76640 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Margaret | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 120 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 85 | |
Guns mounted | 4 | |
Vessel owners | Royal African Company Bonham, Samuel |
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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 | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Benin, place unspecified | |
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 | Gold Coast | |
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 | 1722 |
Date voyage began | 1721-10-17 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1722-01-06 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1722-03-27 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1722-06-11 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1722-07-?? | |
Date voyage completed | 1722-09-14 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 237 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 76 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Anderson, William Owen, John |
Crew at voyage outset | 23 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | ||
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 150 |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 265 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 265 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 205 | |
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 | 205 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 53.4% |
Percentage women IMP | 39.2% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 2.0% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 5.4% | |
Percentage male IMP | 55.4% | |
Percentage children IMP | 7.4% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 60 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 23.0% | |
Source | Sources | CO390/7: 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) CO388/25,376,379: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) Palmer,48: Palmer, Colin, Human Cargoes: The British Slave Trade to Spanish America (Urbana, 1981). T70/922,133: 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) |