Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83158
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Port Mary
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed New York
Year constructed 1794
Place registered Charleston
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 249
Standardized tonnage IMP 249
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Boyd, William
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
First place of slave purchase Congo River
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Congo River
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Charleston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1807
Date voyage began 1806-12-??
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1807-09-14
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 57
Captain and Crew Captain's name Bowes, J
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 423
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 380
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 380
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 Donnan,IV,522:

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


LList, 14 Apr 1807:

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


LList, 1 Sept 1807:

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


LList, 10 Nov 1807:

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


McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.
LRU1807,Supplement, P455:

Lloyd's Register of Shipping, Green Underwriters' Book (London, 1764-)