EVENT INFORMATION

24
May
1792

The slave ship S Macário e Minerva left the African coast carrying enslaved Africans toward Brazil. About 130 people had been taken aboard.

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📅 24 May 1792 📍 Brazil

Vessel: S Macário e Minerva; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Galera. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Barros, Joaquim José Torquato de; Investor: Roberto, Antônio José. The voyage began at Lisbon on 13 March 1792. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bissau (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Maranhão. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 40 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 8.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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