Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 9723
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Sally Rose
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 180
Standardized tonnage IMP 131
Guns mounted 12
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 Accra
Second place of slave purchase Alampo
Third place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Alampo
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Nevis, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Newcastle (Nevis)
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Nevis
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Nevis
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1698
Date voyage began 1696-11-21
Date trade began in Africa 1697-04-06
Date vessel departed Africa 1697-12-18
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1698-02-14
Date vessel departed for homeport 1698-04-20
Date voyage completed 1698-07-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 450
Middle passage (days) IMP 58
Captain and Crew Captain's name Piles, William
Crew at voyage outset 30
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 350
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 202
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 360
Total slaves embarked IMP 360
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 345
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 332
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 345
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 44.0%
Percentage women IMP 45.8%
Percentage boys IMP 6.6%
Percentage girls IMP 3.6%
Percentage male IMP 50.6%
Percentage children IMP 10.2%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 26.05
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 15
Mortality rate IMP 4.0%
Source Sources T70/948,93-5:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/918:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/61,166:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/51,6:

British National Archives (Kew)


Rawl,C746,220: Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747
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Law, Robin, The English in West Africa, 1691-1699: The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England (Oxford, 2007).


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


Law,EWA,docs1417,1425:

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