EVENT INFORMATION

16
July
1788

The slave ship NS de Belém Monte Alegre departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 16 July 1788 📍 Brazil

Vessel: NS de Belém Monte Alegre; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Curveta. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Camacho, Veríssimo Francisco; Captain: Fróes, Manoel José; Investor: Fróes, Manoel José. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 16 July 1788. 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: 50 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 5.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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