Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 7652
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Maria Primeiro
Flag Portugal
Flag IMP Portugal / Brazil
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Galera
Tonnage 350
Standardized tonnage IMP 350
Guns mounted 10
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 Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
Places of call before Atlantic crossing São Tomé
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 1812
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1812-02-12
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1812-03-12
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP 29
Captain and Crew Captain's name Pereiro
Crew at voyage outset 32
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 550
Total slaves embarked IMP 550
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 403
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 453
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 71.7%
Percentage women IMP 15.5%
Percentage boys IMP 8.9%
Percentage girls IMP 3.9%
Percentage male IMP 80.6%
Percentage children IMP 12.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 97
Mortality rate IMP 18.0%
Source Sources HCA49/97:

British National Archives (Kew)


HCA49/101:

British National Archives (Kew)


AfricanInstit, Eighth, 69: African Institution, Eighth Report of the Directors of the African Institution (London, 1814).
AfricanInstit, Thirteenth, 73: African Institution, Thirteenth Report of the Directors of the African Institution (London, 1820).
ADM1/1996,Irby,12.04.10:

Admiralty, National Archives (UK)


Eltis,1974: Eltis, David,"The British Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade after 1807," Journal of Maritime History, 4 (1974): 1-11.
IHGB,DL53.1,doc32: Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Lata 53, pasta 1, Papeis relativos as ilhas de São Tomé e Princípe (1538-1828)/Processo contra o Piloto do Bergantin Santo Antônio, José Malaquias Ferreira (1809)
AHU,SãoTomé,Cx.47,D.19:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)