Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 3750
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Curioso
Flag
Flag IMP
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 89
Standardized tonnage IMP 161
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 Bahia, place unspecified
First place of slave purchase
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
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 1848-05-26
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1848-06-24
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1848-07-20
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 55
Middle passage (days) IMP 26
Captain and Crew Captain's name Barras, M F de Oliveira
Crew at voyage outset 25
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 337
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 303
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 303
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 53.5%
Percentage women IMP 21.1%
Percentage boys IMP 15.8%
Percentage girls IMP 9.6%
Percentage male IMP 69.3%
Percentage children IMP 25.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources IUP,ST,37/B/178: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
IUP,ST,36/A/155: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
IUP,ST,6/227,354,368: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
IUP,ST,6/418: 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,48.06.30,enc:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


Meyer-Heiselberg,55:

Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967)