EVENT INFORMATION

25
October
1808

The slave ship NS das Necessidades S Jose e Desforço departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 25 October 1808 📍 Brazil

Vessel: NS das Necessidades S Jose e Desforço; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Santana, Inocêncio Marques de; Investor: Santana, Inocêncio Marques de; Investor: França, Jose Tavares. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 25 October 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: 51 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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