Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 77056
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Providence
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Elizabeth River
Year constructed 1721
Place registered Virginia, port unspecified
Year registered 1724
Rig Brig
Tonnage 50
Standardized tonnage IMP 92
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Digges, Dudley
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 Sierra Leone, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing York River
Second place of slave landing Maryland, port unspecified
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Maryland, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing Virginia
Second region of slave landing Maryland
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Maryland
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1725
Date voyage began 1724-10-18
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1725-06-11
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1725-07-06
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1725-09-17
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 261
Middle passage (days) IMP 25
Captain and Crew Captain's name Cutler, Egerton
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 196
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 174
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 53
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 121
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 174
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 ADM68/194,27:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


Minch,52-53: Minchinton, Walter E., Celia King, and Peter Waite (eds.), Virginia Slave Trade Statistics, 1698-1775 (Richmond, 1984).
Walsh Virginia Database: Walsh, Lorena, Database of slave trading voyages to Virginia