Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 3009 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Arsênia | |
Flag | Brazil | |
Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
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, 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 | Rio de Janeiro |
First place of slave purchase | Cameroons River | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Cameroons River | |
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 | Southeast Brazil | |
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 | 1828 |
Date voyage began | 1828-06-11 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1828-10-30 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1828-12-06 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 178 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 37 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | |
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 | 448 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 448 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 269 | |
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 | 269 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 34.6% |
Percentage women IMP | 17.1% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 27.9% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 20.4% | |
Percentage male IMP | 62.5% | |
Percentage children IMP | 48.3% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 179 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 40.0% | |
Source | Sources | FO84/79,Jackson,28.12.20: British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office Meyer-Heiselberg,27: Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967) FO84/90,f.21: British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office |