Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 3143
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name NS da Conceição de Maria
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brigantine
Tonnage 150
Standardized tonnage IMP 150
Guns mounted 1
Vessel owners
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Vice-Admiralty Court, St.Helena, 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 Pernambuco, place unspecified
First place of slave purchase Quilimane
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Quilimane
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing St. Helena
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Helena
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Pernambuco
First region of slave purchase East Africa and Indian Ocean islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP East Africa and Indian Ocean islands
First region of slave landing West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1841
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1841-08-03
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1841-10-05
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 63
Captain and Crew Captain's name Brito, João de Souza
Crew at voyage outset 26
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 550
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 550
Total slaves embarked IMP 550
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 457
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 440
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 32.2%
Percentage women IMP 5.0%
Percentage boys IMP 47.3%
Percentage girls IMP 15.5%
Percentage male IMP 79.4%
Percentage children IMP 62.8%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 110
Mortality rate IMP 20.0%
Source Sources IUP,ST,6/215,362: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
FO84/437, ff. 188-90:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


CapelaNotes:

Capela, José, Archival notes on the slave trade from Mozambique.


AHU,Sala12, pasta 8, no. 1:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)