Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 84108
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Roebuck
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed New England
Year constructed 1794
Place registered Charleston
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage 186
Standardized tonnage IMP 186
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Muir
Boyd
Hughes, S
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 Sierra Leone, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount)
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone estuary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Havana
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Havana
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
First region of slave landing Cuba
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Cuba
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1797
Date voyage began 1796-06-24
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1797-06-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1797-10-05
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 40
Captain and Crew Captain's name Delano, J
Hume, Robert
Alison, John
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 111
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 98
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 98
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 17.3%
Percentage women IMP 15.3%
Percentage boys IMP 42.9%
Percentage girls IMP 24.5%
Percentage male IMP 60.2%
Percentage children IMP 67.3%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1797: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
HLRO,MP,HL,1800.07.28: House of Lords Record Office (London, UK) Main Papers, House of Lords, 1794-1800
Torrington,1798-99,III,131-47: Torrington, F. William (ed.), House of Lords Sessional Papers, vol. 3, 1798-99 (Rahway, NJ, 1975).
Klein,Havana dataset:

University of Wisconsin Library (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) Klein, Havana data-set, 1790-1820


LList, 6 Jan 1797:

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


LList, 14 Mar 1797:

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


LList, 7 July 1797:

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


LList, 18 Aug 1797:

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


LList, 26 Sept 1797:

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


LList, 29 Sept 1797:

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


LList, 10 Oct 1797:

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


AGI, Santo Domingo 1676:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)