EVENT INFORMATION

20
July
1825

The slave ship Orestes departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Cuba.

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๐Ÿ“… 20 July 1825 ๐Ÿ“ Cuba

Vessel: Orestes; flag: Spain / Uruguay; rig: Brigantine. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Mutio, J R. The voyage began at Havana on 20 July 1825. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cuba, port unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 48 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 26.0%. Recorded outcome: Court of Mixed Commission, Havana, condemned.

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