EVENT INFORMATION

16
May
1752

The slave ship Bom Jesus de Vilanova e Almas departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 16 May 1752 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Bom Jesus de Vilanova e Almas; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Galera. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Maia, Manoel Fernandes dos Santos; Captain: Lourenço, Manoel. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 16 May 1752. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Costa da Mina, place unspecified (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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