Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 9716
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name John Bonadventure
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 220
Standardized tonnage IMP 161
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Royal African Company
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 London
First place of slave purchase Little Popo
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing São Tomé
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1695
Date voyage began 1694-10-27
Date trade began in Africa 1695-02-19
Date vessel departed Africa 1695-03-18
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1695-06-11
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 227
Middle passage (days) IMP 85
Captain and Crew Captain's name Tebbet, John
Ford
Crew at voyage outset 50
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 550
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 586
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 586
Total slaves embarked IMP 586
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 498
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 498
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 43.8%
Percentage women IMP 41.9%
Percentage boys IMP 9.8%
Percentage girls IMP 4.5%
Percentage male IMP 53.6%
Percentage children IMP 14.3%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 16.32
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 88
Mortality rate IMP 15.0%
Source Sources T70/11,117:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/12,99:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/947,111-12:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/918:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1222,167:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/61,166:

British National Archives (Kew)


Rawl,C746,89: Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747
Law,EWA,docs67,580,1267-28,1352,1400:

Law, Robin, The English in West Africa, 1691-1699: The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England (Oxford, 2007).