Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 7644 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | General Silveira | |
Flag | Portugal | |
Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Bergantim | |
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Tal, Guilherme 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 | Cameroons | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Cameroons | |
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 | 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 | 1814-08-30 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1815-02-13 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1815-03-29 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 211 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 44 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Lopes, João Crisóstomo Rodrigues |
Crew at voyage outset | 25 | |
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 | 263 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 238 | |
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 | 238 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 28.6% |
Percentage women IMP | 27.7% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 28.2% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 15.5% | |
Percentage male IMP | 56.7% | |
Percentage children IMP | 43.7% | |
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 FO308/2: Foreign Office, BNA (Kew) HCA49/101: High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives HCA49/101: High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives FO308/1,192: Foreign Office, BNA (Kew) Meyer-Heiselberg,7: Meyer-Heiselberg Notes LAR 129 AHMS, 27,5, # 153: Arquivo Histórico Municipal de Salvador (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil) AHMS, 27,5, # 230: Arquivo Histórico Municipal de Salvador (Salvador da Bahia, Brazil) IDO, 07/06/1814: Idade de Ouro do Brasil |