Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 90418 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | African | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | Liverpool | |
Year constructed | 1752 | |
Place registered | Liverpool | |
Year registered | 1752 | |
Rig | Snauw | |
Tonnage | 100 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 182 | |
Guns mounted | 4 | |
Vessel owners | Manesty, Joseph Lessley, Andrew Hutchinson, Robert Chalmers, James |
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Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Voyage completed as intended |
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 | Slave insurrection | |
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Liverpool |
First place of slave purchase | Sierra Leone, port unspecified | |
Second place of slave purchase | Windward Coast, place unspecified | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Windward Coast, place unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | St. Kitts, port unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | St. Kitts, port unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | Liverpool | |
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | Sierra Leone | |
Second region of slave purchase | Windward Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Windward Coast | |
First region of slave landing | St. Kitts | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | St. Kitts | |
Region where voyage ended | England and Wales | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1753 |
Date voyage began | 1752-06-30 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1752-08-12 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1753-04-26 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1753-06-02 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1753-07-11 | |
Date voyage completed | 1753-08-29 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 337 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 37 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Newton, John |
Crew at voyage outset | 26 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | 22 | |
Crew deaths during voyage | 1 | |
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 250 |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 207 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 207 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 167 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 167 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 167 | |
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 | 40 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 19.0% | |
Source | Sources | LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
Martin,Spurrell,64-82,95: Martin, Bernard, and Martin Spurrell (eds.), The Journal of a Slave Trader (John Newton), 1750-1754 (London, 1962). |