| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 90865 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Rainbow | |
| Flag | Great Britain | |
| Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
| Place constructed | Newbury | |
| Year constructed | 1751 | |
| Place registered | Liverpool | |
| Year registered | 1760 | |
| Rig | Snauw | |
| Tonnage | 100 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 182 | |
| Guns mounted | 10 | |
| Vessel owners | Barber, Miles Hinde, Thomas |
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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 | ||
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Lancaster |
| First place of slave purchase | Sierra Leone estuary | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Sierra Leone estuary | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | Antigua, place unspecified | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Saint John (Antigua) | |
| Place where voyage ended | London | |
| Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
| First region of slave purchase | Sierra Leone | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Sierra Leone | |
| First region of slave landing | Antigua | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | Antigua | |
| Region where voyage ended | England and Wales | |
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1762 |
| Date voyage began | 1760-06-21 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1762-??-?? | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | 1761-11-30 | |
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Saul, William |
| Crew at voyage outset | 39 | |
| Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
| Crew deaths during voyage | ||
| Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 200 |
| 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 | 298 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 255 | |
| 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 | 255 | |
| 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 | LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
LList, 17 Feb 1761: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 1 Dec 1761: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) BT6/3,158: BNA (Kew, London) , Board of TradeSchofield,258,276-7: Schofield, Maurice M. "Chester Slave Trading Partnerships, 1750-1756," Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire , 130 (1980): 187-90Elder,104,165,175,199: Elder, Melinda, The Slave Trade and the Economic Development of Eighteenth Century Lancaster (Halifax, 1992). ADM68/200,115: Admiralty, National Archives (UK) PA,61.01.24.: Public Advertiser |