EVENT INFORMATION

2
March
1789

The slave ship NS Mãe dos Homens Vitória e Almas departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 2 March 1789 📍 Brazil

Vessel: NS Mãe dos Homens Vitória e Almas; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Curveta. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Cardoso, Ana Joaquina de São Miguel; Captain: Rocha, Caetano José de; Investor: Rocha, Caetano José de. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 2 March 1789. 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: 40 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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