| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 3680 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Bela Mequelina | |
| Flag | Brazil | |
| Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Polaca | |
| Tonnage | 263 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 263 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Belo, Domingos Gomes | |
| 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 | Bahia, place unspecified |
| First place of slave purchase | Lagos, Onim | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Lagos, Onim | |
| 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 | Bahia | |
| First region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Benin | |
| 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 | 1848 |
| Date voyage began | 1848-02-17 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1848-06-01 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 105 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Silva, Henrique José Vieira da |
| Crew at voyage outset | 29 | |
| 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 | 522 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 522 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 517 | |
| 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 | 517 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 49.9% |
| Percentage women IMP | 21.7% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 17.8% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 10.6% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 67.7% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 28.4% | |
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 5 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 1.0% | |
| Source | Sources | IUP,ST,36/A/153: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
IUP,ST,36/B/51,103: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,6/226,367,443: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,5/138: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). FO84/727,Porter,48.03.31.enc: British Hational Archives (Kew) FO84/727,Porter,48.05.06,enc: British Hational Archives (Kew) Bethell,288,291: Bethell, Leslie, The Abolition of the Brazilian Slave Trade (Cambridge, 1970). Meyer-Heiselberg,55: Meyer-Heiselberg Notes LAR 129 |