Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 7668 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | NS dos Prazeres | |
Flag | Portugal | |
Flag IMP | Portugal / Brazil | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Brig | |
Tonnage | 165 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 165 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Gomes, Luís José | |
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 | Lagos, Onim | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Lagos, Onim | |
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 Benin | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Benin | |
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 | 1811-07-13 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1812-01-04 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1812-01-12 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 183 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Braga, Isidoro Martins |
Crew at voyage outset | 27 | |
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 | 220 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 220 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 204 | |
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 | 204 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 78.8% |
Percentage women IMP | 21.2% | |
Percentage boys IMP | ||
Percentage girls IMP | ||
Percentage male IMP | 78.8% | |
Percentage children IMP | 16.7% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 16 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 7.0% | |
Source | Sources | HCA49/101: High Court of Admiralty, The National Archives AfricanInstit, Eighth, 73: African Institution, Eighth Report of the Directors of the African Institution (London, 1814). Verger,567: Verger, Pierre, Trade Relations Between the Bight of Benin and Bahia, 17th to 19th Century, (Ibadan, 1976). APEB, cod 456, p.272: Arquivo Público do Estado da Bahia (Bahia) IDO, 13/11/1812: Idade de Ouro do Brasil |