Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 7508
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Andorinha
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Galera
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Vice-Admiralty Court, 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 Rio de Janeiro
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 Freetown
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Freetown
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Southeast Brazil
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 Sierra Leone
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Sierra Leone
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1812
Date voyage began 1812-06-16
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1812-10-06
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1812-??-??
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 Maza, Henrique
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 270
Total slaves embarked IMP 270
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 270
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 270
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 34.1%
Percentage women IMP 13.7%
Percentage boys IMP 31.5%
Percentage girls IMP 20.7%
Percentage male IMP 65.6%
Percentage children IMP 52.2%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources HCA49/97:

British National Archives (Kew)


HCA49/101:

British National Archives (Kew)


PP,1813-14, XII: 325.:

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


AfricanInstit, Eighth, 69: African Institution, Eighth Report of the Directors of the African Institution (London, 1814).
AfricanInstit, Ninth, 128: African Institution, Ninth Report of the Directors of the African Institution (London, 1815).
GRJ,20/06/1812: Gazeta do Rio de Janeiro