EVENT INFORMATION

20
April
1837

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

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📅 20 April 1837 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Isabelita; flag: Portugal / Brazil; estimated standardized tonnage: 36. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Assunção, Antônio José de. The voyage began at Cape Verde Islands on 20 April 1837. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gallinhas (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 15.0%. Recorded outcome: Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, condemned.

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