EVENT INFORMATION

7
April
1802

The slave ship Balk departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Uruguay.

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📅 7 April 1802 📍 Uruguay

Vessel: Balk; flag: Denmark / Baltic; rig: Fragata. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Loris, William; Captain: Brid, Jorge. The voyage began at Emden on 7 April 1802. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Saint-Louis (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Montevideo. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 37.0%. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people.

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