Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 3026
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Tentadora
Flag Brazil
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Costa, J da (Jr)
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 1829
Date voyage began 1829-08-17
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1829-10-31
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1829-12-14
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 119
Middle passage (days) IMP 44
Captain and Crew Captain's name Oliveira, Inácio Manoel 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
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 432
Total slaves embarked IMP 432
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 359
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 359
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 23.8%
Percentage women IMP 38.8%
Percentage boys IMP 17.8%
Percentage girls IMP 19.7%
Percentage male IMP 41.6%
Percentage children IMP 37.5%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 73
Mortality rate IMP 17.0%
Source Sources IUP,ST,12/A2/53-7,69: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
Verger,570: Verger, Pierre, Trade Relations Between the Bight of Benin and Bahia, 17th to 19th Century, (Ibadan, 1976).
Meyer-Heiselberg,31:

Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967)