Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 3889
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Aventura
Flag
Flag IMP
Place constructed USA, location unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 87
Standardized tonnage IMP 87
Guns mounted 1
Vessel owners
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Court of Mixed Commission, 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
First place of slave purchase Quicombo
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Quicombo
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
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 1844
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1844-09-22
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1844-10-24
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 32
Captain and Crew Captain's name Silva, Manoel Henriques da
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 403
Total slaves embarked IMP 403
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 371
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 374
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 54.8%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 29
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources IUP,ST,29/187: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
IUP,ST,6/219,359: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
Bethell,198: Bethell, Leslie, The Abolition of the Brazilian Slave Trade (Cambridge, 1970).
IUP,ST,29/A/185-7: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).