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)