Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 9816
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Dolphin
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 152
Standardized tonnage IMP 110
Guns mounted
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 London
First place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing São Tomé
First place of slave landing Nevis, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Newcastle (Nevis)
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Nevis
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Nevis
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1689
Date voyage began 1687-10-25
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1689-05-04
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 557
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Barrett, Robert
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 230
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 15
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 188
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 143
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 141
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 143
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 45.6%
Percentage women IMP 43.9%
Percentage boys IMP 6.1%
Percentage girls IMP 4.4%
Percentage male IMP 51.8%
Percentage children IMP 10.5%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources T70/11,104:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/12,133:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/944,23:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/915:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/969,91.11.18:

British National Archives (Kew)


Rawl,C747,185: Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747
T70/61,ff.46-47v:

British National Archives (Kew)


Donnan,I,360-1:

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