| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 3614 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Esperança | |
| Flag | Brazil | |
| Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Schooner | |
| Tonnage | 69 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 137 | |
| 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 | Congo North | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Congo North | |
| 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 | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
| 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 | 1847 |
| Date voyage began | ||
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | 1847-07-30 | |
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1847-08-16 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
| Middle passage (days) IMP | 30 | |
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Alves, E J |
| 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 | 225 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 225 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 223 | |
| 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 | 220 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 43.5% |
| Percentage women IMP | 7.6% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 41.7% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 7.2% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 85.2% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 48.9% | |
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 5 | |
| 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).
IUP,ST,34/A/208,211: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,36/B/162: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,6/224,350,366: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,5/136: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). Meyer-Heiselberg,53: Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967) |