Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 20518
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Prosperity
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed British Americas, port unspecified
Year constructed 1707
Place registered Limerick
Year registered 1715
Rig
Tonnage 70
Standardized tonnage IMP 128
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners
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
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Limerick
First place of slave purchase Cape Coast Castle
Second place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Santiago de Cuba
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Santiago de Cuba
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP Ireland
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Barbados
Second region of slave landing Cuba
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Cuba
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1718
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1718-05-26
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1718-07-31
Date vessel departed for homeport 1718-08-14
Date voyage completed 1718-10-01
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 66
Captain and Crew Captain's name Houragan
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 38
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 111
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 96
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 58
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 96
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
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources CO33/15:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


Tattersfield,349: 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).
T70/6,74:

British National Archives (Kew)


AGI, Contaduria 267:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)