Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 7239
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Aurora do Cabo
Flag
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Sa, Manoel Teixeira da Costa e
Souza, Francisco José de
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Voyage completed as intended
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Delivered slaves for original owners
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Southeast Brazil, port unspecified
First place of slave purchase Quilimane
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Quilimane
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Rio de Janeiro
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Rio de Janeiro
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Southeast Brazil
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 Southeast Brazil
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Southeast Brazil
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1819
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1819-09-28
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1819-12-09
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 72
Captain and Crew Captain's name Souza, Francisco José de
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 450
Total slaves embarked IMP 450
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 442
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 442
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 8
Mortality rate IMP 2.0%
Source Sources FO63/230,ff.14-6:

TNA (Kew)


Florentino: Florentino, Manolo (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Database of slave vessels arriving in Rio de Janeiro, 1811-1830.
CapelaNotes:

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


AHU,Moçambique,Cx 163 No 128:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)