Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 7527
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Triunfo Africano
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 Gold Coast, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port 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 Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
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 1815
Date voyage began 1815-03-13
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1815-04-27
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1815-06-21
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 100
Middle passage (days) IMP 55
Captain and Crew Captain's name Maia, Plácido José da
Crew at voyage outset 29
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 20
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 18
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 18
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
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources HCA49/97:

High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives


FO308/3:

Foreign Office, BNA (Kew)


HCA49/101:

High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives


Verger,587: Verger, Pierre, Trade Relations Between the Bight of Benin and Bahia, 17th to 19th Century, (Ibadan, 1976).
Meyer-Heiselberg,7:

Meyer-Heiselberg Notes LAR 129


APEB, cod.456, p.283v:

Arquivo Público do Estado da Bahia (Bahia)


AHMS, 27,4, p. 50v: Arquivo Histórico Municipal de Salvador (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil)