EVENT INFORMATION

22
February
1797

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

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📅 22 February 1797 📍 Brazil

Vessel: NS do Pilar e S Teresa; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Silva, Manoel Marques da; Captain: Menezes, Joaquim José dos Santos; Investor: Silva, Antônio Marques da. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 22 February 1797. 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: 7.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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