Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82431
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Mandova Grove
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Non-British
Year constructed
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 30
Standardized tonnage IMP 56
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Dennison, William (Jr)
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 Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Cap Lopez
Second place of slave purchase Mayumba
Third place of slave purchase Loango
Principal place of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Dominica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing New Orleans
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Dominica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Third region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Dominica
Second region of slave landing Gulf coast
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dominica
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1786
Date voyage began 1785-04-02
Date trade began in Africa 1785-07-08
Date vessel departed Africa 1786-01-02
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1786-09-??
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 McDonald
M'dn'ght
Raphael, James
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 132
Total slaves embarked IMP 132
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 114
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 114
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 18
Mortality rate IMP 14.0%
Source Sources LR1786: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
PP,1789(629),XXIV:

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


LList, 13 Oct 1786:

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


GentMag,1906: Anon,"The Adventures of Mongovo, George," Gentleman's Magazine, 300 (1906).
Add.ms, 43841:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)