Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 7642
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Correio de S Tomé
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Bergantim
Tonnage 69
Standardized tonnage IMP 69
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Franco, Domingos Antônio Pereira
Rios, José Álvares da Cruz
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Vice-Admiralty Court, Sierra Leone, condemned ,
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
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 Accra
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Accra
Places of call before Atlantic crossing Princes Island
First place of slave landing Bahia, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Bahia, place unspecified
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 Bahia
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Bahia
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1815
Date voyage began 1814-11-21
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1815-07-01
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1815-11-18
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 362
Middle passage (days) IMP 140
Captain and Crew Captain's name Vale, Joaquim José do
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 130
Total slaves embarked IMP 130
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 130
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 130
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:

British National Archives (Kew)


Verger,567: Verger, Pierre, Trade Relations Between the Bight of Benin and Bahia, 17th to 19th Century, (Ibadan, 1976).
HCA49/101:

British National Archives (Kew)


APEB, cod.456, p.283:

Arquivo Público do Estado da Bahia (Bahia)


FO63/194,ff.78-80:

TNA (Kew)


IDO, 28/11/1815: Idade de Ouro do Brasil
AHU,SãoTomé,Cx.50,D.17:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)