EVENT INFORMATION

22
November
1708

The slave ship Bom Jesus de Bouças e S João Batista departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Martinique.

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📅 22 November 1708 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Bom Jesus de Bouças e S João Batista; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Navio mercante. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Figueira, Manoel Dias; Investor: Figueira, Manoel Dias; Captain: Abreu, Manoel Texeira de; Captain: Hingrand. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 22 November 1708. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after embarkation of enslaved people.

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