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Slave Trade to Jamaica, 1782-1788, 1805-1808
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| VARIABLES | COLUMNS | WIDTH | CODING INSTRUCTIONS |
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| 1. ID of Ship | 1-4 | 4 | Code 0001 etc. to 0366 |
| 2. Date of Arrival | 5-10 | 6 | 5-6 Month -- code 01-12 7-8 Day -- code 01-31 9-10 Year -- (code last 2 digits, 82, for 1782, etc.) N.B. Engerman uses English dating system in his PRO coding, remember to reverse the day/month to USA style. |
| 3. Type of Ship | 11 | 1 | Code as follows: 1 - Ship (understood if not given) 2 - brig 3 - Snow 4 - Schooner 5 - Sloop 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 0 - |
| 4. Name of Ship | 12-23 | 12 | Alphanumeric: code actual name in letters, leave no space between double names, and put a dash from end to col. 23 (e.g. ANNMARY-----) |
| 5. Captain's Last Name | 24-34 | 11 | Alphanumeric: code actual name in letters, with dash to col 34. |
| 6. Captain's First Initial | 35 | 1 | Alphanumerica. Code first initial of first name. |
| 7. Jamaican Port of Arrival | 36 | 1 | Code as follows: 1 - Savana La Mar (S) 2 - Santa Lucia (SL) 3 - Kingston 4 - Port Antonio 5 - Montego Bay 6 - Saint Ann 7 - Falmouth 8 - 9 - 0 - |
| 8. Tons | 37-39 | 3 | Code actual number, leave empty if no number given, and just put dash |
| 9. Guns | 40-41 | 2 | Code actual number, and 00 for no guns listed |
| 10. Crew | 42-43 | 2 | Code actual number and leave empty if no number given, and just put dash |
| 11. Port of Registration | 44 | 1 | Code as follows: 1 - Liverpool 2 - Bristol (Brist.) 3 - London 4 - Kingston 5 - Lancaster (Lanc) 6 - Montego Bay 7 - St Lucia ... |
| 12. Date of Ship's Registration | 45-50 | 6 | 45-46 Month 47-48 Day 49-50 Year |
| 13. Owner's Name and Co. | 51-61 | 11 | Alphanumerica: code actual last name in letters, using same criteria as in Captains name. For last names followed & Co., code these as well (e.g. JONES&CO---) |
| 14. Owners First Initial | 62 | 1 | Alphanumerica. Code first initial |
| 15. Number of Slaves Carried | 63-66 | 4 | Code actual number, with dash if empty. |
| 16. Other Goods Carried | 67-68 | 2 | Code as follows: 00 - no other goods (i.e. empty) 01 - Ivory 02 - Ivory and Gum Cojeal(?) 03 - Ivory and Redwood 04 - Ivory and Fr Evinea Grain(?) 05 - Ivory, Iron Bars and Palm Oil 06 - Madeira (wines) 07 - Ivory, Palm Oil and Return Goods 08 - Ivory and Return Goods 09 - Ivory and Palm Oil 10 - Ivory and Bar Wood (79) 11 - Redwood (84) 12 - Return Goods 13 - Ivory, Palm Oil and Black Pepper 14 - Ivory and Scrivells (? - 0096) 15 - Ivory and Camwood (? - 0110) 16 - Redwood, Ivory and Bees wax 17 - Palm Oil 18 - Ivory, Bees wax, Camwood, Cowvid (? -144) 19 - Palm Oil, Redwood, Ivory and Sevivellesford 20 - Pipes Wine 21 - Sherry Wine 22 - Ivory and Salt 23 - Redwood, Palm Oil and Ivory 24 - Palm Oil, Scrivellas and Ivory 25 - Ivory, Camwood, Cotton and Wine 26 - Ivory and Pepper 27 - Palm Oil, Redwood, and Ivory 28 - Dyewood 29 - Camwood, Redwood and Malaguetla Pepper 30 - Quicksilver, Redwood, Ivory, Madeira Wine 31 - Ivory and Malaguetla Pepper 32 - Bricks Ballast 33 - and other 34 - Camwood 35 - Ivory and Redwood note pundu..(?)=palm oil |
| 17. Port Built (of Ship) | 69-70 | 2 | Code as follows: 01 - Liverpool 02 - Bristol 03 - London 04 - Plantations 05 - PRIZE (or PC) 06 - British 07 - Thames 08 - Lancaster 09 - East Indies 10 - Bermuda 11 - Whitby 12 - Harrington 13 - American 14 - New Brunswick 15 - Hamnworthy 16 - Foreign 17 - Calcutta 18 - H. Shire (122) 19 - Chester 20 - Portsmouth 21 - St John 22 - Nova Scotia 23 - Hampshire 24 - Poole 25 - Whitehaven 26 - Devon 27 - Reg by Enemy 28 - Borrowstoness 29 - Greenock 30 - Dartmouth ... |
| 18. Year Ship Built | 71-72 | 2 | Code last two digits of year |
| 19. Port of Origin of Slaves | 73 | 1 | Code as follows: 1 - Africa 2 - Bonny 3 - Africa & 4 - Africa and Madeira 5 - Liverpool 6 - London and Africa 7 - Africa and Madeira 8 - Anamaboe 9 - Angola 0 - Liverpool and Bonny |
| 20. Initial Port of Embarcation of Ship in England | 74 | 1 | Code as follows: 1 - Liverpool 2 - Bristol 3 - London 4 - Lancaster 5 - 6 - British 7 - ... |
| 21. Date Left England to Begin Trip | 75-80 | 6 | 75-76 Month 77-78 Day 79-80 Year (last 2 digits) |
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