Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 4365
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Peter Mowell (a) Heroina
Flag U.S.A.
Flag IMP U.S.A.
Place constructed Maryland, port unspecified
Year constructed 1855
Place registered New Orleans
Year registered 1860
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 119
Standardized tonnage IMP 119
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Prats, Salvador
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of slaves or during slaving
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves perished with ship
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP New Orleans
First place of slave purchase Congo River
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Congo River
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Nassau
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Bahamas, port unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Gulf coast
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 Bahamas
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Bahamas
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1860
Date voyage began 1860-02-09
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1860-05-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Waters
Smith, Alexander
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 421
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 364
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 364
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources IUP,ST,47/A/21: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
Howard,254:

Howard, Warren S., American Slaves and Federal Law, 1837-1862 (Berkeley, CA, 1963)


Adderley,129-30: Adderley, Roseanne Marion, 'New Negroes from Africa’: Slave Trade Abolition and Free African Settlement in the Nineteenth Century Caribbean (Bloomington, IN, 2006)
Dalleo,24: Dalleo, Peter D.,"Africans in the Caribbean: A Preliminary Reassessment of Recaptives in the Bahamas, 1811-1860," Journal of the Bahamas Historical Society, 6 (1984): 15-24.