EVENT INFORMATION

1
November
1811

The slave ship Bom Caminho departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 1 November 1811 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Bom Caminho; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 260. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Paraíso, Francisco de Souza; Captain: Magalhães, Bernardo José de. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 1 November 1811. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 32 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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