Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 9756
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Sherbrow
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 100
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted 14
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 Sherbro
Second place of slave purchase Sierra Leone estuary
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
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 Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
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 1707
Date voyage began 1707-03-05
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1707-09-20
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1707-11-14
Date vessel departed for homeport 1708-06-15
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 254
Middle passage (days) IMP 55
Captain and Crew Captain's name Elliot, Abraham
Gill, William
Crew at voyage outset 26
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 18
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 45
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 31
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 78
Total slaves embarked IMP 78
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 75
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 72
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 75
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 62.5%
Percentage women IMP 25.0%
Percentage boys IMP 11.1%
Percentage girls IMP 1.4%
Percentage male IMP 73.6%
Percentage children IMP 12.5%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 16.75
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 3
Mortality rate IMP 4.0%
Source Sources T70/5,45:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/8,29,30,31:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/58,140:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/175,178:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/955,14:

British National Archives (Kew)


CO33/14:

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)


T70/354,77,86:

British National Archives (Kew)