Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 29252
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name S João Batista
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Some slaves removed by pirates/privateers
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP African
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Seville
First place of slave purchase Luanda
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Luanda
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Jamaica, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Jamaica, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Spain
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Jamaica
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Jamaica
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1619
Date voyage began 1617-10-13
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1619-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Cunha, Manoel Mendes da
Escobar, Ricardo de
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 200
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 350
Total slaves embarked IMP 350
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 147
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 147
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 203
Mortality rate IMP 58.0%
Source Sources Thornton,WMQ,421: Thornton, John,"The African Experience of the '20 and Odd Negroes' Arriving in Virginia in 1619," William and Mary Quarterly, 55 (1998): 421-34.
Vila Vilar,Cuadro3:

Vila Vilar, Enriqueta, Hispanoamérica y el comercio de esclavos: Los asientos portugueses (Sevilla, 1977)


AGI, Indiferente General, 2795:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)


AGI, Contaduria, Legajo 883:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)


Sluiter,395-98:

Sluiter, Engel,"New Light on the '20 and Odd Negroes' Arriving in Virginia, August, 1619," William and Mary Quarterly, 54 (1997): 396-98.