Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 3152
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Escorpião
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 221
Standardized tonnage IMP 322
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
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
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 1839
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1839-12-09
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1839-12-22
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 13
Captain and Crew Captain's name Brito, João José de Souza
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 716
Total slaves embarked IMP 716
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 695
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 695
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 84.1%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 21
Mortality rate IMP 3.0%
Source Sources IUP,ST,37/A/221: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
FO84/437,63:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


FO84/438,328:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


FO84/385,Adm,41.11.12,enc:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


FO84/437,Adm,42.01.05,enc:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


AHU,Sala 6, maço 775:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)