EVENT INFORMATION

17
September
1821

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

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📅 17 September 1821 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Bom Caminho; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 202. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Ferreira, Antônio José Meireles; Captain: Couto, João Batista do; Captain: Pinto, José Bernardo. The voyage began at Lisbon on 17 September 1821. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Luanda (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Maranhão. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 28 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 9.0%.

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