Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 2358
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Relâmpago
Flag Spain
Flag IMP Spain / Uruguay
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Court of Mixed Commission, Havana, 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 Havana
First place of slave purchase Grand Mesurado
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Grand Mesurado
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Cuba, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Cuba, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Cuba
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast
First region of slave landing Cuba
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Cuba
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1824
Date voyage began 1824-08-23
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1824-12-18
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 117
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Manzana, Santiago
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 162
Total slaves embarked IMP 162
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 151
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 151
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 61.7%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 11
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources FO84/9,Kilbee,24.12.29:

British Hational Archives (Kew)


Murray,85: Murray, David, Odious Commerce: Britain, Spain and the Abolition of the Cuban Slave Trade (Cambridge, 1980).
IUP,ST,10/A1/105: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
IUP,ST,10/A1/131-41: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
FO313/56,ff.1-12:

Foreign Office, BNA (Kew)