Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 9750
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Dorothy
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 30
Standardized tonnage IMP 56
Guns mounted 8
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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP London
First place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Coast Castle
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 Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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 1708
Date voyage began 1707-07-30
Date trade began in Africa 1707-12-01
Date vessel departed Africa 1708-02-15
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1708-03-28
Date vessel departed for homeport 1708-07-01
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 242
Middle passage (days) IMP 42
Captain and Crew Captain's name Ashby, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 24
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 100
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 140
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 140
Total slaves embarked IMP 140
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 123
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 117
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 123
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 59.0%
Percentage women IMP 12.0%
Percentage boys IMP 21.4%
Percentage girls IMP 7.7%
Percentage male IMP 80.3%
Percentage children IMP 29.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 24.45
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 17
Mortality rate IMP 12.0%
Source Sources T70/158,155:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/1438:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/955,71:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO33/15,9:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Donnan,II,74:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


T70/355,9:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/354,88,98:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/8,35:

British National Archives (Kew)