| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 1779 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Escorpião | |
| Flag | Portugal | |
| Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Brig | |
| Tonnage | 270 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 270 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | ||
| 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 | Cadiz |
| First place of slave purchase | Cabinda | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Mayumba | |
| 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 | Bahamas, port unspecified | |
| Place where voyage ended | ||
| Region where voyage began IMP | Spain | |
| First region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
| 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 | ||
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1838 |
| Date voyage began | ||
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | 1838-10-11 | |
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1838-12-07 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
| Middle passage (days) IMP | 57 | |
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Elorriaga, Ângelo |
| Crew at voyage outset | ||
| Crew at first landing of slaves | 30 | |
| 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 | 212 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 212 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 212 | |
| 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 | 212 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 39.2% |
| Percentage women IMP | 7.5% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 39.6% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 13.7% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 78.8% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 53.3% | |
| 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 Bx.Mss,45/3: Rhodes House Library (Oxford, UK) Buxton manuscripts (Papers of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton), British Empire Mss., s.444, vols. 17, 23-4, 26-34, 38-46 IUP,ST,20/A1/114-7: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). PP,1842,XLIV:18: 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 Dalleo,24: Dalleo, Peter D.,"Africans in the Caribbean: A Preliminary Reassessment of Recaptives in the Bahamas, 1811-1860," Journal of the Bahamas Historical Society, 6 (1984): 15-24. |