Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 664 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Xerxes | |
Flag | Spain | |
Flag IMP | Spain / Uruguay | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Schooner | |
Tonnage | 138 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 190 | |
Guns mounted | 5 | |
Vessel owners | ||
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Court of Mixed Commission, Havana, condemned |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
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 | Havana |
First place of slave purchase | Bonny | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Bonny | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Cuba, port unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Cuba, port unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | Cuba | |
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 | Cuba | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Cuba | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1828 |
Date voyage began | 1828-02-10 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1828-06-26 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 137 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Rebel, Felipe |
Crew at voyage outset | 44 | |
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 | 429 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 429 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 403 | |
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 | 403 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 57.4% |
Percentage women IMP | 12.5% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 14.2% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 16.0% | |
Percentage male IMP | 71.6% | |
Percentage children IMP | 30.2% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 26 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 6.0% | |
Source | Sources | PP,1845,XLIX:593-633: 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,12/A1/136-45: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). IUP,ST,12/A/86: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74). FO313/56,ff.102-66: Foreign Office, BNA (Kew) |