Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 20173
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Albion Frigate
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Non-British
Year constructed
Place registered London
Year registered 1698
Rig Fragata
Tonnage 260
Standardized tonnage IMP 299
Guns mounted 26
Vessel owners Barbot, John
Barbot, James
Jamineau, Daniel
Kent, William
David, John James
Duport, Simon
Lyell, Henry
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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP London
First place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Bonny
Third place of slave purchase New Calabar
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing São Tomé
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 London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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 England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1699
Date voyage began 1698-12-08
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1699-08-29
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1699-11-22
Date vessel departed for homeport 1700-04-18
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 349
Middle passage (days) IMP 85
Captain and Crew Captain's name Duport, Stephen
Crew at voyage outset 60
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 65
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 600
Total slaves embarked IMP 600
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 250
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 250
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 350
Mortality rate IMP 58.0%
Source Sources Donnan,II,29:

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


CO33/13:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Barbot,II,681-93: Hair, P. E. H, Adam Jones and Robin Law, Barbot on Guinea: The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa, 1678-1712 (London, 1992).
Tattersfield,158,185: Tattersfield, Nigel, The Forgotten Trade: Comprising the Log of the 'Daniel and Henry' of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1725 (London, 1991).
Donnan,I,430-6:

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


Dow,83: Dow, George Francis, Slave Ships and Slaving (Salem, MA, 1927).
Barbot,I,cvi: Hair, P. E. H, Adam Jones and Robin Law, Barbot on Guinea: The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa, 1678-1712 (London, 1992).
T70/349,12,19,21,23,26,28,29:

British National Archives (Kew)