Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 9752
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Dolphin
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Newport
Year registered 1697
Rig
Tonnage 40
Standardized tonnage IMP 74
Guns mounted 4
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 Barbados, place unspecified
First place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
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 Barbados
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 1710
Date voyage began 1709-08-16
Date trade began in Africa 1710-01-01
Date vessel departed Africa 1710-07-02
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1710-09-06
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 386
Middle passage (days) IMP 66
Captain and Crew Captain's name Wells, John
Dowding, Richard
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 138
Total slaves embarked IMP 138
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 92
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 92
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 23.0
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 46
Mortality rate IMP 33.0%
Source Sources CO33/15,9:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T70/2,23:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/5,66,70:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/175,181:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/8,55:

British National Archives (Kew)


Coughtry,241-85:

Coughtry, Jay, The Notorious Triangle: Rhode Island and the African Slave Trade, 1700-1807 (Philadelphia, 1981).


T70/955:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/355,63:

British National Archives (Kew)