[4] Shortly after his father died, Isaac Hobhouse became interested in Bristol and migrated there in 1717 with his brother-in-law, Christopher Jones.
[4] Additionally, he owned shares in a sugar refinery in Redcliffe, Bristol at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
[6] Another notable partner of the company was Lionel Lyde who was especially involved in the tobacco and slave trades concerning Virginia.
[7] Hobhouse would often petition the government on matters regarding the slave trade; however, he never held public office.
[9] In 1741 and 1743 respectively, Hobhouse sent only a single ship likely due to the conflict between Britain and France in the War of Austrian Succession.
The Gold Coast, West Central Africa, and St. Helena were places from where he purchased slaves the least.
[9] Specific embarkation ports were Anomabu on the Gold Coast and Bonny, Calabar, and São Tomé in the Bight of Biafra and the Gulf of Guinea islands.
[9] From 1701 to 1725 and of the only specified embarkation region, which is the Bight of Biafra and the Gulf of Guinea islands, an average of 38 percent of slaves died during the voyages.
From 1701 to 1725 and of the only specified embarkation region, which is the Bight of Biafra and the Gulf of Guinea islands, an average of 60 percent were male slaves.
[9] Throughout his career, he landed slaves mainly in Montserrat, Barbados, Virginia, South Carolina, Saint Kitts, Nevis, and Jamaica.
[9] Comparatively, Hobhouse's vessels experienced higher mortality rates to slaves in transport through the Middle Passage than his contemporaries.