Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 20207
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Don Carlos
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed England, place unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 190
Standardized tonnage IMP 293
Guns mounted 18
Vessel owners Galdy, Laurence
Waite, James
Hawkins, John
Smith, William
Coles, Thomas
Houlditch
Brooke
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 Cabinda
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cabinda
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1701
Date voyage began 1700-04-08
Date trade began in Africa 1700-08-28
Date vessel departed Africa 1701-01-01
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1701-03-22
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1701-09-20
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 348
Middle passage (days) IMP 80
Captain and Crew Captain's name Esterson, William
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
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 417
Total slaves embarked IMP 417
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 373
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 373
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 69.9%
Percentage women IMP 17.2%
Percentage boys IMP 9.7%
Percentage girls IMP 3.2%
Percentage male IMP 79.6%
Percentage children IMP 12.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 44
Mortality rate IMP 11.0%
Source Sources CO33/13:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


T70/175,176:

British National Archives (Kew)


Donnan,I,451-57:

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


Barbot,I,lxxiii,cvi-cvii: Hair, P. E. H, Adam Jones and Robin Law, Barbot on Guinea: The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa, 1678-1712 (London, 1992).
T70/351,93:

British National Archives (Kew)


T70/351,47,48:

British National Archives (Kew)