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Editorial history

Created 04/05/2015 by CSG






Ships & Timeline



1647


The Benjamin[1]

Planned voyage from London to Guinea to Barbados, but diverted to Spanish West Indies

The Guift[2]

Voyage from Nantes to New England, Bilboa and back to Nantes; followed by a voyage from Nantes to Civita Vechia; followed by a voyage to New England, Barbados and Guinny (where took on board 139 negro slaves)

The Mayflower[3]

Planned voyage from London to Guinea to Barbados, but diverted to Spanish West Indies

The Peter[4]

Planned voyage from London to Guinea to Barbados, but diverted to Spanish West Indies


1648




1649


Nostra Seignora de Rosario

Portuguese owned ship. Arrived in Bahia, Brasil, in 1649 with 300 negro slaves[5]



1650


The Mary and John

The Mary and John (Master: ffrancis Hurdidge) was owned by Thomas Adams, Thomas Hollis Mr Hills, and Company merchants of London in the years 1648 to 1651. The ship was let to freight by her master at Lisbon in Portugal in March 1649 by licence of the King of Portugal to makke a voyage from Lisbon to Madera, thence to Angola and thence to Bahia in Braasil.[6] At Angola Hurdidge took on board "nine hundred and seventeene Negars besides Children for the aććompt of Portugalls, by the Order of the sayd Governour and Officers of the King of Portugall, And also one hundred eighty four Negers and eighteene Children for accompt of the Owners of the sayd shipp and him her sayd master and Company and allso about four thousand Alquiers of salt which salt the sayd Governour forced him as aforesayd to accept in the stead of eight hundred millrees, all to be transported to Bahia"[7]

The Royall Merchant[8]

Planned voyage from Bristol to Guinea, thence to Barbados and back to ?


1651


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1652


The Constant Ruth

The Constant Ruth (Master: XXXX) laded stores in London in May 1652, prior to a voyage to Guinea and thence to Barbados, intending to return thence for London[9]


1653


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1654


The Leopard[10]

Ship belonging to the Duke of Courland, carried negro slaves to West Indies, and later seized by English at Bristol


1655


The Anne

The Anne (Master: John Carey) departed London for Guinea in February 1655 with a lading which included copper bars, and arrived on the Guinea coast in June 1655.[11]

The ffreindship

The ffreindshipp of London (Master: Thomas Hyatt) departed London for Guinea and thence to Barbados and back to London on April 3rd 1655.[12]

The Justice

The Justice of Dover (Master John ffishbell) was hired at Barbados by John Nayler John Horne and company for a return trip from Barbados to Guinea.[13]

The Lady of Conquest

The Lady of Conquest (Master: John Rodrigues da Calderon) received a license from the Governour of Angola to carry slaves from Angola to Cartagena.[14]

The Peace

The Peace of Amsterdam (Master: Herman Barenson) was intended on a voyage from Amsterdam to Guinea and thence to the West Indies before returning to Amsterdam. She was seized by the English six leagues from Barbados with a lading aboard her of about two hundred and fifty negro slaves and a great quantity of elephants teeth, bound from Guinea for the West Indies.[15]

The Virgin Mary and All Saints

Virgin Mary and All Saints of Cartagena (Master: Diego de la Baton)[16]


1656


The Brotherhood

The Brotherhood of London (Master: XXX) was owned by Peter and Abraham Caullier. The ship was seized in February 1656 near Cape Lopez on the coast of Guinea by Captain Albert Cox in the ship the Cat or Gat frigate and Captain Jappon in a frigate called the Kater. She had on board a lading of ninety-four negro slaves and elephants teeth[17]

The ffortune

The ffortune (Master: George Paris) was seized off the Guinea coast by John Scroll in late July 1656. After fetching out the negro slaves on board the ffortune, Scroll's men set fire to the hull of the ship and destroyed it.[18]

The Lyon and the Providence

Owners of the ship were James Bridgeman, Thomas Preston and company. Some of the freighters were Alderman William Thomson and Maurice Thomson. The ship was intended for a voyage from London to Guinea, thence to the East Indies, thence to Dantzig, and back to London.[19]

The Sarah

Owners of ship were Thomas Thompson Captaine Wildy and Companie Merchants of London. Freighter of the ship was Robert Lewellin, merchant of London. Planned voyage from London to "the parts of Guinney", thence to Barbados, and back to London.[20] Ship was laded at London in January 1656 with cargo of "Copper barres, iron, and [?bowdges]" to be transportedd to Guinea and bartered and disposed of "for Negroes to be thence in the said shipp carried and conveighed to Barbadoes or Virginia there to bee sould and disposed of for the proper accompt and benefitt of the said Robert Lewellin".[21]

The Sarah arrived on coast of Guinea on May 1st 1656, where 158 negro slaves were procured near Cape de Lopes. On August 2nd 1656 the Sarah was seized by two Dutch ships off the Guinea coasr, both uner the command of John Scroll, said to be a Dutchman of the United Provinces.[22]

The Rapahannacke

Owners of the ship were John Jefferies, Thomas Colclough and others. The ship set out from London in December 1655 towards Guinea, and thence to Virginia, before returning to London. She carried a cargo of "Silesia linnens, callicoes, perpetuana's, iron, tinsell, scarlett cloath, bo[?w]dges and other goods", to be bartered away for negro slaves.[23]

The he Rapahannacke was seized by two Dutch ships under the command of John Scroll in September 1656, whilst off the coast of Guinea and sailing towards Cape Lopes.[24] At the time of her seizure, the ship had 50 negro slaves on board her, who allegedly were worth between £20 and £30 each at the Barbados.[25]


1657


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1658


The Hopewell

The Hopewell (Master: Arthur Perkins) was laded in December 1657 in London for a voyage from London to the coast of Africa, intending then for XXXX. The ship arrived at Bengall on the coast of Africa in June 1658. However, the ship was seized by the Portuguese at Angola.[26]


1659


The Violet

The Violet (Master: Humphry Whyte) arrived at Virginia in April 1659 with a lading of negro slaves. According to the purser of the ship, her master " sold severall Negroes the said time for 35. li Sterling a peece and none under, and sold one for forty pounds, and the Merchant in Virginia who receaved most of the said Negroes brought thether in the said ship might have sold them all. after the rate of 35. li a peece one with an other, and saith that those Negroes were taken onboard the said ship Violet. at Calabar in Guiney, which Negroes hee saith are not soe good as Angola Negroes",ref>HCA 13/73 f.540r</ref>


  1. HCA 13/63 f.222v
  2. HCA 13/73 f.566v
  3. HCA 13/63 f.222v
  4. HCA 13/63 f.222v
  5. HCA 13/70 f.271v
  6. HCA 13/71 f.664r
  7. HCA 13/71 f.664v
  8. XXHCA 13/124
  9. MRP:_HCA_15/6_Box_Two#Item:_Book_of_account_of_the_Constant_Ruth:_Date:_May_1652
  10. HCA 13/70 f.308v
  11. HCA 13/71 f.140r
  12. HCA 13/72 f.334v
  13. HCA 13/71 f.398r
  14. HCA 13/72 f.67r
  15. HCA 13/70 f.410v
  16. HCA 13/72 f.67r
  17. HCA 13/71 f.608r
  18. HCA 13/72 f.29r
  19. HCA 13/71 f.619r
  20. HCA 13/71 f.634r
  21. HCA 13/71 f.634v
  22. HCA 13/71 f.634v
  23. HCA 13/71 f.632r
  24. HCA 13/71 f.632v
  25. HCA 13/71 f.633r
  26. HCA 13/73 f.500r