EVENT INFORMATION

8
May
1817

The slave ship Rita (Flor de Mayo) departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 8 May 1817 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Rita (Flor de Mayo); flag: Spain / Uruguay; rig: Fragata. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Arrate, Juan Bautista. The voyage began at Santander on 8 May 1817. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Loango (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 29 days.

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