EVENT INFORMATION

16
September
1808

The slave ship NS da Conceição e S João Fragatinha departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 16 September 1808 📍 Brazil

Vessel: NS da Conceição e S João Fragatinha; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Fonseca, Manoel da Rocha da; Captain: Loureiro, Joaquim Marques; Investor: Mota, Joao Gonçalves da. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 16 September 1808. 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: 52 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 6.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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