Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 91202
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Esther
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed Liverpool
Year constructed 1757
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1764
Rig Ship
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 218
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Pownall, William
Knight, John
Rigby, Gilbert
Whittaker, Thomas
Wickstead, Richard
Blackstock, John
Rigby, Marry
Dingman, William
Grimshaw, Robert
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 Anomabu
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Anomabu
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Kingston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Kingston
Place where voyage ended Liverpool
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1766
Date voyage began 1764-10-20
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1766-01-01
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1766-04-02
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1766-10-24
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 529
Middle passage (days) IMP 91
Captain and Crew Captain's name Grimshaw, Robert
Crew at voyage outset 30
Crew at first landing of slaves 27
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 429
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 350
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 341
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 350
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 62.2%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
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).
CO137/88,pp.20-25:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)


LR1764: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).