EVENT INFORMATION

28
March
1837

The slave ship Florida left the African coast carrying enslaved Africans toward Grenada. About 296 people had been taken aboard.

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📅 28 March 1837 📍 Grenada

Vessel: Florida; flag: Spain / Uruguay; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 146.7. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Souza, Francisco Félix de. The voyage began at Africa, port unspecified on 1836. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Lagos, Onim (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Grenada, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 44 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 5.0%. Recorded outcome: Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, condemned.

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