| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 9887 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Edgar | |
| Flag | Great Britain | |
| Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | ||
| Tonnage | ||
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| 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 | Ardra | |
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Ardra | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 1681 |
| Date voyage began | ||
| Date trade began in Africa | 1681-02-25 | |
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1681-09-23 | |
| 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 | Bowler, Charles |
| 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 | 320 |
| Slaves carried from first port of purchase | 233 | |
| Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 87 | |
| Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
| Total slaves embarked | 320 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 320 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 175 | |
| Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 158 | |
| Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
| Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
| Total slaves disembarked IMP | 175 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 35.4% |
| Percentage women IMP | 50.6% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 10.8% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 3.2% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 46.2% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 13.9% | |
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 15.11 | |
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 145 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 45.0% | |
| Source | Sources | T70/16,10: British National Archives (Kew) T70/10,48: British National Archives (Kew) T70/940,f.6: British National Archives (Kew) T70/1222,88: British National Archives (Kew) T70/962,8: British National Archives (Kew) Rawl,C745,11,63: Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747 CO33/14,15: Colonial Office BNA (Kew) Law,SourceMaterial,12-13: Law, Robin, 'The Royal African Company of England in West Africa, 1681-99', in Robin Law (ed.), Source Material for Studying the Slave Trade and the African Diaspora (Centre of Commonwealth Studies, University of Stirling, 1997, Occasional Paper no.5), 8-24. |