Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 90542
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Chesterfield
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1747
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1754
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 130
Standardized tonnage IMP 236
Guns mounted 12
Vessel owners Earle, William
Williamson, John
Gorell, John
Pownall, William
Davenport, William
Mosley, Thomas
Black, Patrick
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
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 Barbados, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Barbados, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase
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 Barbados
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Barbados
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1758
Date voyage began 1757-07-21
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1758-04-03
Date vessel departed for homeport 1758-05-28
Date voyage completed 1758-07-30
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 256
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Black, Patrick
Hesketh, Joseph
Crew at voyage outset 45
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 463
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 396
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 396
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 38.6%
Percentage women IMP 13.4%
Percentage boys IMP 26.0%
Percentage girls IMP 22.0%
Percentage male IMP 64.6%
Percentage children IMP 48.0%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 31.31
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LST,1744-1786: Richardson, David, Katherine Beedham, and M. M. Schofield, Liverpool Shipping and Trade, 1744-1786 (ESRC Archives, University of Essex, 1992).
Liverpool Museum, mss 53-34: Liverpool Museum, Manuscripts (Liverpool, UK) 53-54, Accounts of “Calveley” and “Eadith”
LList, 1 Aug 1758:

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


DTA: University of Keele, Archives (Keele, UK) Raymond Richards Collection, Davies-Davenport Papers
ADM68/199,235v:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)