Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 49773
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name Espada de Ferro NS do Rosario Prazeres e Almas
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Navio mercante
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Ferreira, Gervásio Pires
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Bought at least one slave in Africa - subsequent fate unknown
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves embarked, transhipped or no further record
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Lisbon
First place of slave purchase Mozambique
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Mozambique
Places of call before Atlantic crossing Cape of Good Hope
First place of slave landing
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Americas, region unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Portugal
First region of slave purchase East Africa and Indian Ocean islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP East Africa and Indian Ocean islands
First region of slave landing
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Americas
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1806
Date voyage began 1806-01-03
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves
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 Luz, João Leite da
Faria, João José
Crew at voyage outset 50
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 316
Total slaves embarked IMP 316
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 264
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 Reidy,appendix: Reidy, Michael Charles, “Admission of Slaves and Prize Slaves into the Cape Colony, 1797-1818,” MA dissertation (University of Cape Town, 1997)
ANTT,JC,Lv60,Cx35;Mç34,Cx116: Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo (Lisbon, Portugal) Junta do Comércio
CapelaNotes:

Capela, José, Archival notes on the slave trade from Mozambique.


AHU,Moçambique,Cx 114 No 10:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)