Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 98847
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name William and John
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 150
Standardized tonnage IMP 150
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Garrard, William
Heyward, Rowland
Hawkins, William
Winter, William
Hawkins, John
Godard, Anthony
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Plymouth
First place of slave purchase Cape Verde Islands
Second place of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic, port unspecified
Third place of slave purchase Sierra Leone, port unspecified
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Rio de la Hacha
Second place of slave landing Santa Marta
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Rio de la Hacha
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Third region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Second region of slave landing Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Spanish Circum-Caribbean
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1568
Date voyage began 1567-10-02
Date trade began in Africa 1567-11-18
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves
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 Bolton, Thomas
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 78
Total slaves embarked IMP 78
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 20
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 19
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing 15
Total slaves disembarked IMP 54
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
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Donnan,I,66-71:

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


Lewis,1969:100-118: Lewis, Michael, The Hawkins Dynasty: Three Generations of a Tudor Family (London, 1969).
Kelsey,53-98: Kelsey, Harry, Sir John Hawkins; Queen Elizabeth's Slave Trader (New Haven, 2003).