EVENT INFORMATION

11
May
1781

The slave ship NS do Monte do Carmo e S Elias began acquiring enslaved Africans for transportation to Brazil.

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📅 11 May 1781 📍 Brazil

Vessel: NS do Monte do Carmo e S Elias; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Curveta. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Costa, Amaro Gomes da; Captain: Alves, José Lopes. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified. 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: 56 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 29.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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