Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 76859
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Girlington
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed 1734
Place registered London
Year registered 1734
Rig Ship
Tonnage 180
Standardized tonnage IMP 281
Guns mounted 12
Vessel owners Neale, Henry
Hill, Thomas
Lascelles
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 Gold Coast, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, 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 Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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 1736
Date voyage began 1735-03-21
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1736-08-17
Date vessel departed for homeport 1736-??-??
Date voyage completed 1737-02-08
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 515
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Watts, Henry
Crew at voyage outset 22
Crew at first landing of slaves 14
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 409
Total slaves embarked IMP 409
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 303
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 303
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 106
Mortality rate IMP 26.0%
Source Sources ADM7/80:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


CO5/510:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


SC,Treasury: South Carolina Department of Archives and History (Columbia, South Carolina, USA) Duty Books of the Public Treasurer of South Carolina, Journals A-C, 1735-76
Donnan,IV,279:

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)


ADM68/196,264:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


DPB,35.04.16.: Daily Post Boy
StJEP,36.10.23.-26.: Saint James’ Evening Post