Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83266
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Quixote
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1783
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1783
Rig Ship
Tonnage 158
Standardized tonnage IMP 158
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Earle, Thomas
Parke, Thomas
Heywood, Benjamin Arthur
Earle, William (Jr)
Lace, Ambrose
Cooper, John
Davenport, William
Heywood, Benjamin
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 Liverpool
First place of slave purchase Calabar
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Calabar
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing St. Lucia, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Lucia, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing St. Lucia
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP St. Lucia
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1783
Date voyage began 1783-05-19
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1783-11-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1784-01-09
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Baillie, John
Crew at voyage outset 33
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 1
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 300
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 416
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 381
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 381
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 40.41
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1784: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/44,10:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

T70/1549:

British National Archives (Kew)


LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
LList, 12 Aug 1783:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 30 Dec 1783:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 13 Jan 1784:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


DTA: University of Keele, Archives (Keele, UK) Raymond Richards Collection, Davies-Davenport Papers