Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 80001 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Abby | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | Galway | |
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | USA, location unspecified | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 98 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 98 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Dawson, John | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Captured by the French - after embarkation of slaves |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | French | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Liverpool |
First place of slave purchase | Windward Coast, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave purchase | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Africa, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Martinique, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Martinique, place unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | Windward Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Other Africa | |
First region of slave landing | Martinique | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Martinique | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1796 |
Date voyage began | 1795-09-11 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1796-05-15 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1796-07-?? | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Murchy, Murdock |
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 | 232 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 199 | |
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 | 199 | |
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 | PP,1801-2(88),IV,no.2: Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX T64/286,43: British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.28: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800 HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.10: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800 Torrington,1798-99,III,208-15: Torrington, F. William (ed.), House of Lords Sessional Papers, vol. 3, 1798-99 (Rahway, NJ, 1975). Roscoe,464-66: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 920 ROS, Roscoe Letters and Papers, Letters of William Roscoe Catterall,I:26: Catterall, Helen Tunnicliff, Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro (Washington, DC., 1926-1937) |