Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 1213
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Rosa
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 95
Standardized tonnage IMP 95
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Alvarenga, Rosa de Carvalho de
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, condemned
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP British
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Lisbon
First place of slave purchase Cacheu
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cacheu
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Nassau
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Nassau
Place where voyage ended Nassau
Region where voyage began IMP Portugal
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing Bahamas
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Bahamas
Region where voyage ended Bahamas
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1831
Date voyage began 1830-02-09
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1831-06-21
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 497
Middle passage (days) IMP 31
Captain and Crew Captain's name Fonseca, José Antônio da
Chaves, Antonio dos Santos
Crew at voyage outset 12
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 175
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 157
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 157
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 49.7%
Percentage women IMP 35.7%
Percentage boys IMP 6.4%
Percentage girls IMP 8.3%
Percentage male IMP 56.1%
Percentage children IMP 14.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources PP,1845,XLIX:593-633:

Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


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Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX


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British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


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