Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 9784
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Dove
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 150
Standardized tonnage IMP 108
Guns mounted 6
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 Gambia
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gambia
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP Barbados
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1723
Date voyage began 1722-12-??
Date trade began in Africa 1723-02-??
Date vessel departed Africa 1723-09-02
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1723-11-15
Date vessel departed for homeport 1724-01-02
Date voyage completed 1724-03-12
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 74
Captain and Crew Captain's name Onley, Plater
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
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 138
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 118
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 113
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 118
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 75.4%
Percentage women IMP 16.9%
Percentage boys IMP 6.8%
Percentage girls IMP 0.8%
Percentage male IMP 82.2%
Percentage children IMP 7.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 22.72
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 20
Mortality rate IMP 14.0%
Source Sources CO388/25,376,380:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T70/958,p.113:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/921:

British National Archives (Kew)


Galenson,165: Galenson, David, Traders, Planters and Slaves: Market Behaviour in Early English America (Cambridge, 1986).