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) |