Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 3151
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Amizade Constante
Flag
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 164
Standardized tonnage IMP 253
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Vice-Admiralty Court, Cape of Good Hope, 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 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 Cape of Good Hope
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Cape of Good Hope
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Southeast Brazil
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 East Africa and Indian Ocean islands
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP East Africa and Indian Ocean islands
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1840
Date voyage began 1839-08-??
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1840-02-14
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1840-03-??
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 Lopes, Antônio da Rocha
Crew at voyage outset 21
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 620
Total slaves embarked IMP 620
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 477
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 477
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 69.2%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 143
Mortality rate IMP 23.0%
Source Sources IUP,ST,6/212,361: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
FO84/437,10,20:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


CapelaNotes:

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


ANTT,DNE,Cx 312: Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo (Lisbon, Portugal) Documentos dos Negócios Estrangeiros