HIS300 American Beginnings Research Guide

To assist you with your "Descriptive Profile of a Colonial Transatlantic Slave Trade Voyage" assignment, a sample slave voyage was selected from the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, and the beginning steps of conducting research on this topic are illustrated in the linked pages.

• Voyage No.: 20837
• Ship Name:  Katherine
• Ship Flag:  Great Britain
• Ship Owner:  Royal African Company
• Ship Captain:  John Bessenger Allen
• Place of Slave Purchase:  Ardra
• Region of Slave Purchase:  Bight of Benin
• Total Slaves Embarked:  399
• Date Arrived With Slaves:  September 20,1678
• Place of Slave Landing:  Virginia
• Total Slaves Arriving at Landing:  376 
  (23 died during Middle Passage!)