Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 7638
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Santana de Africa
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Princes Island
Year registered
Rig Bergantim
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Gomes, José Antônio
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 Princes Island
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 1815-01-07
Date vessel departed Africa 1815-07-01
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1815-08-21
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 248
Middle passage (days) IMP 51
Captain and Crew Captain's name Barbosa, Manoel José
Ferreira, José Nicolão
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 308
Total slaves embarked IMP 308
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 3
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 3
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 305
Mortality rate IMP 99.0%
Source Sources HCA49/97:

British National Archives (Kew)


FO308/1:

TNA (Kew)


HCA37/3:

British National Archives (Kew)


HCA49/101:

British National Archives (Kew)


Meyer-Heiselberg,8:

Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967)


APEJE, R.P.2.2.2.,p. 10v: Arquivo Público Estadual Jordão Emerenciano (Recife, Brazil) Registro de Passaportes, Passaportes de Embarcações
AHU,SãoTomé,Cx.50,D.17:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)