EVENT INFORMATION

30
June
1808

The slave ship Correio de São Tomé departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 30 June 1808 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Correio de São Tomé; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Sumaca. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Franco, Domingos Antônio Pereira; Captain: Franco, Luís Pereira; Investor: Franco, Luís Pereira. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 30 June 1808. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: São Tomé (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 32 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 10.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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