Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 25357
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Lady Walterstorff
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered New York
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 57
Standardized tonnage IMP 57
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Walker, Thomas
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Detained and condemned in the United States after slaves disembarked
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP US
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP New York
First place of slave purchase
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Africa, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing St. Croix
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Croix
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP New York
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
First region of slave landing Danish West Indies
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Danish West Indies
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1796
Date voyage began 1795-10-??
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1796-10-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 138
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 122
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 122
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 Donnan,III,460:

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


McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.
Hernæs,271,285:

Hernæs, Per O, Slaves, Danes, and African Coast Society: The Danish Slave Trade from West Africa and Afro-Danish Relations on the Eighteenth Century Gold Coast (Trondheim, 1995).


NM,1797.03.21.: Newport Mercury (Newport, Rhode Island).