Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 25536 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Espasia | |
Flag | U.S.A. | |
Flag IMP | U.S.A. | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | Philadelphia | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | Fragata | |
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Moore, Benjamin | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown |
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 | New York |
First place of slave purchase | Mozambique | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Mozambique | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Montevideo | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Montevideo | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | New York | |
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 | ||
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Rio de la Plata | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1806 |
Date voyage began | 1805-03-10 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1805-08-?? | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1805-11-29 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1806-01-29 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1806-05-07 | |
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 325 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 61 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Moore, Benjamin |
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 | 208 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 208 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 167 | |
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 | 167 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | |
Percentage women IMP | ||
Percentage boys IMP | ||
Percentage girls IMP | ||
Percentage male IMP | ||
Percentage children IMP | ||
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 41 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 20.0% | |
Source | Sources | Donnan,IV,518: Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930) Studer: De Studer, Elena F. S., Trata de Negros en el Rio de la Plata Durante el Siglo XVII (Buenos Aires, 1984). CapelaNotes: Capela, José, Archival notes on the slave trade from Mozambique. AHU,Moçambique,Cx 110 No 11: Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa) McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert. AGNU, EGH 83, 127: Archivo General de la Nación (Montevideo, Uruguay) AGNU, Libro 95: Archivo General de la Nación (Montevideo, Uruguay) NYEP, 1806.07.26.: New York Evening Post |