Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 2316
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Esperanza
Flag Spain
Flag IMP Spain / Uruguay
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 130
Standardized tonnage IMP 183
Guns mounted 1
Vessel owners
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, condemned
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Old World
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP British
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Puerto Rico, port unspecified
First place of slave purchase Grand Sestos
Second place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast, place unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Freetown
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Freetown
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Puerto Rico
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast
First region of slave landing Sierra Leone
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Sierra Leone
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1819
Date voyage began 1819-08-23
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1819-12-10
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1819-12-23
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 120
Middle passage (days) IMP 13
Captain and Crew Captain's name Puix, Pedro Marti
Crew at voyage outset 24
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 40
Total slaves embarked IMP 40
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 40
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 40
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 30.0%
Percentage women IMP 32.5%
Percentage boys IMP 30.0%
Percentage girls IMP 7.5%
Percentage male IMP 61.5%
Percentage children IMP 37.5%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources PP,1830,X:122:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


FO84/3,Gregory,19.12.30,enc:

British Hational Archives (Kew)


IUP,ST,11/A/4: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
Meyer-Heiselberg,11:

Meyer-Heiselberg Notes LAR 129


FO315/71/4:

British National Archives (Kew)