EVENT INFORMATION

22
January
1780

The slave ship NS do Pilar e Santíssimo Sacramento departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 22 January 1780 📍 Brazil

Vessel: NS do Pilar e Santíssimo Sacramento; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Curveta. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Vale, Antônio Ribeiro do; Investor: Vale, Antônio Ribeiro do; Captain: Souza, Antônio. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 22 January 1780. 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: 45 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 9.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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