Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 2330 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Vecua | |
Flag | Spain | |
Flag IMP | Spain / Uruguay | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | Havana | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | Schooner | |
Tonnage | 180 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 226 | |
Guns mounted | 10 | |
Vessel owners | Martinez, Luis Frias, Antonio |
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Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, condemned |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Old World | |
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 | Havana |
First place of slave purchase | Bonny | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Bonny | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Freetown | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Freetown | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | Cuba | |
First region of slave purchase | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
First region of slave landing | Sierra Leone | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Sierra Leone | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1822 |
Date voyage began | 1821-10-24 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1822-05-18 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 206 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 33 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Gomez, Vicente |
Crew at voyage outset | 40 | |
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 | 325 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 325 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 217 | |
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 | 217 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 53.3% |
Percentage women IMP | 17.8% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 19.6% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 9.3% | |
Percentage male IMP | 72.9% | |
Percentage children IMP | 29.0% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 108 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 33.2% | |
Source | Sources | Verneur, 256-260: Verneur, J.T., Journal des Voyages (Paris, 1823), vol 19 FO84/16, f. 64: British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office PP,1830,X:124: 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 Meyer-Heiselberg,15: Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967) IUP,ST,11/A/5: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,9/B1,28-33: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). |