EVENT INFORMATION

6
September
1597

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

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📅 6 September 1597 📍 Mexico

Vessel: S Rafael; rig: Navio mercante. People connected to the voyage: Captain: Fernandez, Sebastian. The voyage began on 6 September 1597. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: São Tomé (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: New Spain, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Left home port, no further record.

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