Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 2604 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Madalena | |
Flag | Portugal | |
Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
Place constructed | USA, location unspecified | |
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, 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 | Santiago de Cuba |
First place of slave purchase | River Brass | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | River Brass | |
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 | 1839 |
Date voyage began | 1838-04-21 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1838-12-17 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1839-01-10 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 264 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 24 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Cardoso, José |
Crew at voyage outset | 27 | |
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 | 320 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 320 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 308 | |
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 | 308 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 57.0% |
Percentage women IMP | 10.9% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 13.0% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 19.1% | |
Percentage male IMP | 70.0% | |
Percentage children IMP | 32.1% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 12 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 4.0% | |
Source | Sources | PP,1842,XLIV:18: 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 SED,26-2,125:171: United States Congress, Senate Executive Document, Session 26-2, Vols. 115, 125; 28-2, 150; 30-1, 28; 30-2, 61; 31-2, 6; 150; 34-1, 99; 35-1, 49; 37-2, 40; 37-2, 53. IUP,ST,18/A1/96-7: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). Meyer-Heiselberg,48: Meyer-Heiselberg Notes LAR 129 PP,1840,XLVI:96: 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 |