EVENT INFORMATION

2
May
1779

The slave ship NS Rainha dos Anjos e o Sr. do Bonfim departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 2 May 1779 📍 Brazil

Vessel: NS Rainha dos Anjos e o Sr. do Bonfim; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Zurarte, Felipe da Silva Barros; Investor: Zurarte, Felipe da Silva Barros; Captain: Gouvêa, Domingos Nunes de. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 2 May 1779. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Costa da Mina, place unspecified (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 43 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 3.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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