Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 41896
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name General Ramirez (a) Antelope
Flag Spain
Flag IMP Spain / Uruguay
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Cadiz
Year registered 1816
Rig Brig
Tonnage 121
Standardized tonnage IMP 175
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Cuesta Manzanal, Santiago de la
Hermano
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by United States with slaves
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP US
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Havana
First place of slave purchase Cabinda
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cabinda
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Savannah
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Savannah
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Cuba
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 Georgia
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Georgia
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1820
Date voyage began 1819-08-24
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1820-03-24
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1820-07-24
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 335
Middle passage (days) IMP 122
Captain and Crew Captain's name Llovio, Vicente de
Smith, John
Crew at voyage outset 33
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 350
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 331
Total slaves embarked IMP 331
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 258
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 258
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 26.0%
Percentage women IMP 8.9%
Percentage boys IMP 40.3%
Percentage girls IMP 24.8%
Percentage male IMP 66.3%
Percentage children IMP 65.1%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 73
Mortality rate IMP 22.1%
Source Sources Bryant, 1-91:

Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship Antelope (New York, 2015)


NARA, Philadelphia, RG21,"Antelope": National Archives Record Administration, Mid Atlantic Region (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
NARA, Atlanta, RG60,Box1,"Africans of Antelope": National Archives Record Administration, Southeast Region (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
NARA, Atlanta, RG21,Box28,"Antelope": National Archives Record Administration, Southeast Region (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
NARA, Atlanta, RG21,Box22,"Antelope": National Archives Record Administration, Southeast Region (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)