Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 83267
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 Grenada, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Grenada, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Wales
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 Grenada
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Grenada
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1784
Date voyage began 1784-04-05
Date trade began in Africa 1784-06-06
Date vessel departed Africa 1784-10-21
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1784-12-15
Date vessel departed for homeport 1784-12-30
Date voyage completed 1785-02-24
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 254
Middle passage (days) IMP 55
Captain and Crew Captain's name Baillie, John
Cooper, Thomas
Crew at voyage outset 34
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 14
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 400
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 251
Total slaves embarked IMP 251
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 242
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 242
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 242
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 47.5%
Percentage women IMP 27.7%
Percentage boys IMP 12.0%
Percentage girls IMP 12.8%
Percentage male IMP 59.5%
Percentage children IMP 24.8%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 40.37
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 9
Mortality rate IMP 4.0%
Source Sources LR1786: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
BT98/45,83:

BNA (Kew, London)

, Board of Trade

LivRO,942HOL(10),477: Liverpool Record Office (Liverpool, UK) 942 HOL, Materials towards a History of Liverpool collected by John Holt and Matthew Gregson, vol. 10
JRL, English MS 517 3(a):

John Rylands University Library (Manchester, UK)


CO106/2:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


CO106/3,1:

Colonial Office BNA (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, 24 Aug 1784:

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


LList, 16 Nov 1784:

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


LList, 1 Mar 1785:

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


LList, 8 Mar 1785:

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


LList, 19 Apr 1785:

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


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