EVENT INFORMATION

19
February
1796

The slave ship Divino Espírito Santo departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 19 February 1796 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Divino Espírito Santo; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Curveta. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Firme, Manoel Caetano; Investor: Braga, Araújo; Captain: França, Agostinho Alves. The voyage began at Rio de Janeiro on 19 February 1796. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Luanda (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 28 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.0%.

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