Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 9737 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Encouragement | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 240 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 353 | |
Guns mounted | 18 | |
Vessel owners | Royal African Company | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown |
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 | ||
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Whydah, Ouidah | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Barbados, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Barbados, place unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
First region of slave purchase | ||
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Benin | |
First region of slave landing | Barbados | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Barbados | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1700 |
Date voyage began | 1700-02-28 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1700-05-?? | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1700-12-14 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1701-04-24 | |
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 289 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Sadler, Ralph |
Crew at voyage outset | 20 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | ||
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | 450 |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 450 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 450 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 382 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 291 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 382 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 41.6% |
Percentage women IMP | 38.1% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 13.4% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 6.9% | |
Percentage male IMP | 55.0% | |
Percentage children IMP | 20.3% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 28.67 | |
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 68 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 15.0% | |
Source | Sources | T70/949,130: British National Archives (Kew) T70/51,46,81: British National Archives (Kew) T70/175,158: British National Archives (Kew) Tattersfield,26,40,103,107-8: Tattersfield, Nigel, The Forgotten Trade: Comprising the Log of the 'Daniel and Henry' of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1725 (London, 1991). T70/352,20: British National Archives (Kew) T70/350,30,31,43,44,45: British National Archives (Kew) |