Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 3598
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Paquete do Rio
Flag
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brigantine
Tonnage 74
Standardized tonnage IMP 143
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Vice-Admiralty Court, 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 Rio de Janeiro
First place of slave purchase Gallinhas
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gallinhas
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 Southeast Brazil
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
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 1846
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1846-10-08
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1846-11-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 39
Captain and Crew Captain's name Alves, José Francisco
Crew at voyage outset 14
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 556
Total slaves embarked IMP 556
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 547
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 545
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 54.3%
Percentage women IMP 12.2%
Percentage boys IMP 28.2%
Percentage girls IMP 5.3%
Percentage male IMP 82.5%
Percentage children IMP 33.5%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 11
Mortality rate IMP 2.0%
Source Sources IUP,ST,35/B/239: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
FO84/703,Adm,47.01.14,enc:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


IUP,ST,34/A/204: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
IUP,ST,6/223,365: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).