Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 7572
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Vênus
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Bergantim
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Guimarães, Rios Manoel P
Nobre, Francisco Inácio da Siqueira
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 Badagry/Apa
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Badagry/Apa
Places of call before Atlantic crossing São Tomé
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 Bight of Benin
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 1811
Date voyage began 1811-05-11
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1811-08-28
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1811-12-11
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 214
Middle passage (days) IMP 105
Captain and Crew Captain's name Lisboa, José Antônio
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 23
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 21
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 21
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


AfricanInstit, Eighth, 71: African Institution, Eighth Report of the Directors of the African Institution (London, 1814).
Verger,567: Verger, Pierre, Trade Relations Between the Bight of Benin and Bahia, 17th to 19th Century, (Ibadan, 1976).
Eltis,1974: Eltis, David,"The British Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade after 1807," Journal of Maritime History, 4 (1974): 1-11.
AHU,SãoTomé,Cx.45,D.24(19):

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisbon), SEMU-DGU,


APEB, cod 456, p.267:

Arquivo Público do Estado da Bahia (Bahia)