| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 81321 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Esther | |
| Flag | Great Britain | |
| Flag IMP | Great Britain | |
| Place constructed | Prize (taken from French) | |
| Year constructed | 1783 | |
| Place registered | England, place unspecified | |
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Ship | |
| Tonnage | 358 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 358 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Caldcleugh | |
| Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Captured unspecified after slaves disembarked |
| Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
| Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Captor unspecified | |
| Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
| African resistance | ||
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | London |
| First place of slave purchase | Congo River | |
| Second place of slave purchase | Cabinda | |
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | Charleston | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Charleston | |
| Place where voyage ended | ||
| Region where voyage began IMP | England and Wales | |
| First region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
| Second region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
| First region of slave landing | South Carolina | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | South Carolina | |
| Region where voyage ended | ||
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1805 |
| Date voyage began | 1804-11-02 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1805-08-10 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 281 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | 63 | |
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Irving, George |
| 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 | 370 |
| 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 | 412 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 370 | |
| 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 | 370 | |
| 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 | LR1805: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
ADM7/375: Admiralty, National Archives (Kew) Donnan,IV,508: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) LList, 6 Nov 1804: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 14 June 1805: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 9 Aug 1805: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 27 Sept 1805: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 1 Oct 1805: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) LList, 13 Dec 1805: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert. |