Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 3075
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Camões
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 288
Standardized tonnage IMP 288
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, restored
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 Pernambuco, place unspecified
First place of slave purchase Bight of Benin, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Benin
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 Pernambuco
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 1837
Date voyage began 1837-02-??
Date trade began in Africa 1837-04-??
Date vessel departed Africa 1837-09-28
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1837-11-10
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 43
Captain and Crew Captain's name Silva, Antônio Gomes da
Crew at voyage outset 20
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 138
Total slaves embarked IMP 138
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 116
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 116
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 31.9%
Percentage women IMP 16.7%
Percentage boys IMP 32.6%
Percentage girls IMP 18.8%
Percentage male IMP 64.5%
Percentage children IMP 51.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 22
Mortality rate IMP 16.0%
Source Sources Verger,571: Verger, Pierre, Trade Relations Between the Bight of Benin and Bahia, 17th to 19th Century, (Ibadan, 1976).
IUP,ST,16/A1/15-26: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).