Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 5084
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name NS da Conceição
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Cruz, Maria da
Sá, José Xavier Gonzaga de
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Court of Mixed Commission, 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 Princes Island
First place of slave purchase Calabar
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Calabar
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 Freetown
Region where voyage began IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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 Sierra Leone
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1821
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa 1821-08-03
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1821-09-26
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 Silva, João Batista
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 56
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 56
Total slaves embarked IMP 56
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 54
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 54
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 40.7%
Percentage women IMP 9.3%
Percentage boys IMP 20.4%
Percentage girls IMP 29.6%
Percentage male IMP 61.1%
Percentage children IMP 50.0%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 2
Mortality rate IMP 4.0%
Source Sources AGI-SD 74, r.3, n.138, fol. 1r:

Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla)


IUP,ST,64,350-1: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
FO84/15: 1559-1612:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


SLA,LAR, register 11909-15967, 15026-15079: National Archives of Sierra Leone (Fourah Bay, Sierra Leone) Liberated African Registers
SLA,LAR, register 10115-15143, 15026-15079: National Archives of Sierra Leone (Fourah Bay, Sierra Leone) Liberated African Registers