Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 98553 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Constant Ruth | |
Flag | Great Britain | |
Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Yacht | |
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | 6 | |
Vessel owners | Paris, Holworthy Paris, Thomas Williams, Oliver Williams, Thomas |
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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 | Dutch | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | London |
First place of slave purchase | Calabar | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Calabar | |
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 | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
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 | 1652 |
Date voyage began | 1652-05-12 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1652-08-24 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1652-??-?? | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Howard, George |
Crew at voyage outset | 19 | |
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 | 207 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 207 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 125 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 125 | |
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 | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 82 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 39.6% | |
Source | Sources | Binder:ARA,OWIC, 47: Binder, Franz, Archival and library notes on the 17th century slave trade, currently deposited at the Amsterdam City Archives: notes from the Nationaal Archief (The Hague), Oude West-Indische Compagnie. Davis, 294: Davis, Ralph, The Rise of the English Shipping Industry in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (London, 1962). HCA13/69,Thomas Romins, 54.07.03.: British National Archives (Kew) |