EVENT INFORMATION

31
May
1789

The slave ship NS do Monte do Carmo e S Elias departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 31 May 1789 📍 Brazil

Vessel: NS do Monte do Carmo e S Elias; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Curveta. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Silva, Manoel Marques da; Captain: Vale, Francisco da Costa. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 31 May 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: 62 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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