Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 81542
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Gambia
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Folkstone
Year constructed 1780
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 167
Standardized tonnage IMP 167
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Miles, Richard
Weuves, Jerome Bernard
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Returned direct to Africa after bringing slaves to the Americas
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 Cape Lahou
Second place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Third place of slave purchase Accra
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Tobago, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Zion Hill
Place where voyage ended Africa, port unspecified
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 Gold Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Tobago
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Tobago
Region where voyage ended Other Africa
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1795
Date voyage began 1794-11-02
Date trade began in Africa 1795-04-05
Date vessel departed Africa 1795-05-26
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1795-07-02
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 242
Middle passage (days) IMP 37
Captain and Crew Captain's name Anderson, Charles
Lawson, George
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 278
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 278
Total slaves embarked IMP 278
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 273
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 273
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 48.0%
Percentage women IMP 23.1%
Percentage boys IMP 19.8%
Percentage girls IMP 9.2%
Percentage male IMP 67.8%
Percentage children IMP 28.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 5
Mortality rate IMP 2.0%
Source Sources LR1795: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
T64/286,15:

British National Archives (Kew, UK) Treasury


T70/1570:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1571:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1574:

British National Archives (Kew)


PP,1795-6(849),XLII:

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


HLRO,MP,HL,99.06.19: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
HLRO,MP,HL,1800.07.28: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
LList, 4 Nov 1794:

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


LList, 6 Oct 1795:

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