EVENT INFORMATION

29
December
1755

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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📅 29 December 1755 📍 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: Fonseca, Manoel Gonçalves da. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 29 December 1755. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Costa da Mina, place unspecified (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Arrived in Africa, subsequent fate unknown.

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