EVENT INFORMATION

30
January
1788

The slave ship NS da Purificação S João e S Benedito arrived with enslaved Africans in Brazil. About 409 people had been taken aboard and approximately 375 arrived.

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📅 30 January 1788 📍 Brazil

Vessel: NS da Purificação S João e S Benedito; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Curveta. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Madureira, João Barbosa de; Captain: Silva, Francisco Vieira da. The voyage began at Oporto. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Luanda (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 38 days.

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