Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 1819
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Ganges
Flag Brazil
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 182
Standardized tonnage IMP 182
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Cunha, Antônio Gomes
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 Rio de Janeiro
First place of slave purchase Quilimane
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Quilimane
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Ponta Negro
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Ponta Negro
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Southeast Brazil
First region of slave purchase East Africa and Indian Ocean islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP East Africa and Indian Ocean islands
First region of slave landing Southeast Brazil
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Southeast Brazil
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1838
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1838-10-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name
Crew at voyage outset
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 796
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 721
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 721
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 37.0%
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP 54.7%
Percentage girls IMP 8.4%
Percentage male IMP 91.6%
Percentage children IMP 63.0%
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


FO84/252-254:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


AHI, Coleções Especiais, Lata 16, Maço 4: Arquivo Histórico do Itamarary (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)