Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 76712
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Hiscox
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed 1725
Place registered London
Year registered 1730
Rig Ship
Tonnage 180
Standardized tonnage IMP 281
Guns mounted 8
Vessel owners Bridges, Timothy
Joyner, Edward
Hiscox, Joseph
Hall, Thomas
Pearce, James
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 West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Charleston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
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 South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1739
Date voyage began 1738-05-09
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1739-03-20
Date vessel departed for homeport 1739-06-13
Date voyage completed 1739-12-01
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 315
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Saunders, Samuel
Crew at voyage outset 28
Crew at first landing of slaves 24
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 520
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 509
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 435
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 435
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 ADM7/82:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


CO5/510:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Donnan,IV,296:

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


C103/130:

Chancery, BNA (Kew)


Gill,82: Gill, Conrad, Merchants and Mariners of the Eighteenth Century (London, 1961).
DP,38.05.11.: Daily Post
DailyG,39.09.08.:

Daily Gazeteer (London)


DailyG,39.10.10.:

Daily Gazeteer (London)


DailyG,39.12.01.:

Daily Gazeteer (London)


DailyG,39.12.01.:

Daily Gazeteer (London)