EVENT INFORMATION

26
May
1790

The slave ship Santíssimo Sacramento e NS da Penha departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 26 May 1790 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Santíssimo Sacramento e NS da Penha; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Sumaca. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Barroso, Pedro Gomes Ferreira; Investor: Barroso, Pedro Gomes Ferreira. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 26 May 1790. 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: 29 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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