EVENT INFORMATION

7
May
1838

The slave ship Camões arrived with enslaved Africans in Bahamas. About 598 people had been taken aboard and approximately 569 arrived.

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📅 7 May 1838 📍 Bahamas

Vessel: Camões; flag: Portugal / Brazil. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Blanco; Investor: Blanco; Captain: Silva, José Gonçalves da. The voyage began at Havana on 19 September 1837. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Lagos, Onim (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahamas, port unspecified. Recorded outcome: Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, condemned.

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