Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 2444 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Tâmega | |
Flag | Portugal | |
Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
Place constructed | Spain, place unspecified | |
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 64 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 64 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Machado, M J | |
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 | Bahia, place unspecified |
First place of slave purchase | Lagos, Onim | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Lagos, Onim | |
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 | Bahia | |
First region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Benin | |
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 | 1834 |
Date voyage began | 1834-02-18 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1834-06-14 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1834-07-04 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 136 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 20 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Ferreira, José Lopes |
Crew at voyage outset | ||
Crew at first landing of slaves | 21 | |
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 | 444 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 444 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 436 | |
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 | 436 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 43.8% |
Percentage women IMP | 9.2% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 43.1% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 3.9% | |
Percentage male IMP | 86.9% | |
Percentage children IMP | 47.0% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 8 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 2.0% | |
Source | Sources | PP,1842,XLIV:10: 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 IUP,ST,14/A2/52-5: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). Verger,571: Verger, Pierre, Trade Relations Between the Bight of Benin and Bahia, 17th to 19th Century, (Ibadan, 1976). IUP,ST,18/B/63: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). Bethell,126: Bethell, Leslie, The Abolition of the Brazilian Slave Trade (Cambridge, 1970). PP,1835,LI:54: 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 |