Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 7637 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Boa Sorte | |
Flag | Portugal | |
Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Brigantine | |
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Costa, Bento José da | |
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 | Pernambuco, place unspecified |
First place of slave purchase | Calabar | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Calabar | |
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 | Pernambuco | |
First region of slave purchase | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
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 | 1814-12-16 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1815-03-24 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1815-08-01 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 228 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 130 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Macedo, José Bento |
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 | 68 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 61 | |
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 | 61 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 37.7% |
Percentage women IMP | 18.0% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 4.9% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 39.3% | |
Percentage male IMP | 42.6% | |
Percentage children IMP | 44.3% | |
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 FO308/1: Foreign Office, BNA (Kew) HCA37/3: High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives HCA49/101: High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives Meyer-Heiselberg,8: Meyer-Heiselberg Notes LAR 129 APEJE, R.P.2.2.2.,p. 9v: Arquivo Público Estadual Jordão Emerenciano (Recife, Brazil) Registro de Passaportes, Passaportes de Embarcações AHU,SãoTomé,Cx.50,D.17: Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisbon), SEMU-DGU, |