Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 7511
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Bonsucesso
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Bergantim
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Oliveira, Joaquim José de
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 Bahia, place unspecified
First place of slave purchase
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Costa da Mina, place unspecified
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 Bahia
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
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 1814
Date voyage began 1814-02-18
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1814-06-14
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1814-08-30
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 193
Middle passage (days) IMP 77
Captain and Crew Captain's name Silva, Vicente de Paula e
Crew at voyage outset 32
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 277
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 251
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 251
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 71.3%
Percentage women IMP 8.4%
Percentage boys IMP 18.7%
Percentage girls IMP 1.6%
Percentage male IMP 90.0%
Percentage children IMP 20.3%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources HCA49/97:

High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives


HCA49/101:

High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives


Verger,395,421,568: xxxxxx
Meyer-Heiselberg,6:

Meyer-Heiselberg Notes LAR 129


APEB, cod 456,p.282:

Arquivo Público do Estado da Bahia (Bahia)


AHMS, 27,5, # 48: Arquivo Histórico Municipal de Salvador (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)
AHMS, 30.1, p. 2v: Arquivo Histórico Municipal de Salvador (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)