Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 77765
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Bance Island
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Georgia, port unspecified
Year constructed 1762
Place registered London
Year registered 1764
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 150
Standardized tonnage IMP 272
Guns mounted 8
Vessel owners Grant, Alexander (Sir)
Sargent, Jno
Boyd, Angus
Oswald, Rd
Mill, John
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 Bance/Bunce Island
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bance/Bunce Island
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Grenada, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Grenada, place 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 Grenada
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Grenada
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1765
Date voyage began 1764-04-19
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1765-10-31
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 560
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Sterling, David
Hay, James
Crew at voyage outset 25
Crew at first landing of slaves 20
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 117
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 100
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 100
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 ADM7/91:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


CO106/1:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


BT6/3,161B:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

Donnan,IV,375:

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


LR1764: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
LList, 17 Apr 1764:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 20 Apr 1764:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 21 Sept 1764:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 7 Feb 1766:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)