Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 7645
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Dido
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Ship
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
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 Rio de Janeiro
First place of slave purchase Cameroons River
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cameroons River
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 Southeast Brazil
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
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1815-05-12
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1815-07-06
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 55
Captain and Crew Captain's name Alberto, Caetano
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 364
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 327
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 327
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 52.6%
Percentage women IMP 14.1%
Percentage boys IMP 22.6%
Percentage girls IMP 10.7%
Percentage male IMP 75.2%
Percentage children IMP 33.3%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources HCA49/97:

British National Archives (Kew)


FO308/1:

TNA (Kew)


HCA49/101, "Sierra Leone...June to Sept 1815":

British National Archives (Kew)


HCA37/2:

British National Archives (Kew)


Meyer-Heiselberg,7:

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