| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 4968 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Mary E Smith | |
| Flag | Portugal | |
| Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
| Place constructed | Massachusetts, port unspecified | |
| Year constructed | ||
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Schooner | |
| Tonnage | 122 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 122 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Figaniere Reis, Cunha Viana, J J |
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| Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Arrested by Brazil or given up to the Brazilian government |
| Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
| Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Brazil | |
| Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
| African resistance | ||
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Boston |
| First place of slave purchase | Ambriz | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Ambriz | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | Bahia, place unspecified | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Bahia, place unspecified | |
| Place where voyage ended | ||
| Region where voyage began IMP | Massachusetts | |
| 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 | Bahia | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | Bahia | |
| Region where voyage ended | ||
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1856 |
| Date voyage began | ||
| Date trade began in Africa | ||
| Date vessel departed Africa | ||
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1856-01-31 | |
| 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 | Cranatich, Vicente Daniel |
| 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 | 517 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 517 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 384 | |
| Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 313 | |
| Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
| Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
| Total slaves disembarked IMP | 384 | |
| 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 | 133 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 25.7% | |
| Source | Sources | Miki 2019, 87-105: Miki, Yuko. “In the Trail of the Ship: Narrating the Archives of Illegal Slavery.” Social Text 37, no. 1 (138) (2019): 87–105. https://doi.org/10.1215/01642472-7286276. Marques, 182: Marques, Leonardo, The United States and the Transatlantic Slave Trade to the Americas (New Haven, 2016) PP,1857,XLIV,127: Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX IUP,ST,42/A/56: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). Bethell,374: Bethell, Leslie, The Abolition of the Brazilian Slave Trade (Cambridge, 1970). IUP,ST,42/B/219: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,43/B/131-32,191-92: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). HED,36-2,7:32,34,48: United States Congress, House Executive Document, 27-1, 34; 30-2, 671; 35-2, 104; 36-2, 7. |