Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 4755 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Califórnia | |
Flag | Brazil | |
Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Schooner | |
Tonnage | 60 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 126 | |
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 | |
First place of slave purchase | Whydah, Ouidah | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Whydah, Ouidah | |
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 | 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 | 1849 |
Date voyage began | ||
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1849-11-05 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1849-12-22 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
Middle passage (days) IMP | 47 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Lima, César Cerqueira |
Crew at voyage outset | 21 | |
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 | 317 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 317 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 297 | |
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 | 296 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 45.8% |
Percentage women IMP | 23.2% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 23.9% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 7.1% | |
Percentage male IMP | 69.7% | |
Percentage children IMP | 31.0% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 21 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 7.0% | |
Source | Sources | FO84/785,Adm,49.12.26,subenc: British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office IUP,ST,37/A/11,288: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,38/A/274: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,7/224: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,6/160: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). Meyer-Heiselberg,56: Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967) |