Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 4841
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name J Harris
Flag
Flag IMP
Place constructed Prospect
Year constructed 1853
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brigantine
Tonnage 183
Standardized tonnage IMP 276
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Martínez, Domingo
Santos, José de
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 New York
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 New York
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 1859
Date voyage began 1859-??-??
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1859-09-26
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1859-11-01
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 36
Captain and Crew Captain's name
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 469
Total slaves embarked IMP 469
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 464
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 460
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 61.6%
Percentage women IMP 22.4%
Percentage boys IMP 7.3%
Percentage girls IMP 8.6%
Percentage male IMP 69.0%
Percentage children IMP 15.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 9
Mortality rate IMP 2.0%
Source Sources ADM123/179,Grey,59.11.04,enc:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


Howard,214-62:

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


Meyer-Heiselberg,61:

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


FO313/64,p.80:

TNA (Kew)