EVENT INFORMATION

2
April
1799

The slave ship Divino Espírito Santo arrived with enslaved Africans in Brazil. About 97 people had been taken aboard and approximately 96 arrived.

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📅 2 April 1799 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Divino Espírito Santo; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Salgado, Manoel José; Captain: Mota, Luís da. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified. 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: 43 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%.

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