EVENT INFORMATION

8
May
1828

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

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📅 8 May 1828 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Cambuatá; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Barqua. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Cunha, Felipe Ribeiro da; Captain: Souza, João Pedro de. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 8 May 1828. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Mozambique (East Africa and Indian Ocean islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Rio de Janeiro. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 80 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 34.0%.

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