EVENT INFORMATION

3
June
1758

The slave ship S Sebastião departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 3 June 1758 📍 Brazil

Vessel: S Sebastião; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Galera. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Companhia Geral do Grão Pará e Maranhão; Captain: Costa, José da Silva; Investor: Costa, José da Silva. The voyage began at Lisbon on 3 June 1758. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bissau (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Maranhão. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 20.9%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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