Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 9705 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Experiment | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Ship | |
Tonnage | 80 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 55 | |
Guns mounted | 6 | |
Vessel owners | Royal African Company | |
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 | Sherbro | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Sherbro | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Antigua, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | Barbados, place unspecified | |
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Saint John (Antigua) | |
Place where voyage ended | Sherbro | |
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 | Sierra Leone | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1693 |
Date voyage began | 1692-02-09 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1693-05-02 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1693-08-01 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | 1694-02-16 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 539 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 91 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | May, John Chilper, Robert |
Crew at voyage outset | 16 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | ||
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 150 |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 111 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 111 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 86 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 86 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 86 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 79.1% |
Percentage women IMP | 20.9% | |
Percentage boys IMP | ||
Percentage girls IMP | ||
Percentage male IMP | 79.1% | |
Percentage children IMP | ||
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 25 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 23.0% | |
Source | Sources | Kriger: Colleen E. Kriger, "'Our Indigo designe' Planting and Processing Indigo for Export, the Upper Guinea Coast, 1684-1702," in Robin Law, Silke Strickrodt and Suzanne Schwarz (eds.), Commercial Agriculture in Africa in the pre-Colonial Era (London, 2012), pp. 98-115. T70/12,53,98,171: British National Archives (Kew) T70/946,68-70: British National Archives (Kew) T70/917: British National Archives (Kew) T70/61,ff.97,165: British National Archives (Kew) T70/50, 1693.09.12.: British National Archives (Kew) T70/1433, 1694.02.28.: British National Archives (Kew) T70/588, f.77: British National Archives (Kew) T70/1442: British National Archives (Kew) |