EVENT INFORMATION

7
May
1838

The slave ship Diligente (a) Vingador arrived with enslaved Africans in Bahamas. About 520 people had been taken aboard and approximately 475 arrived.

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Slave voyages 📅 7 May 1838 📍 Bahamas

Vessel: Diligente (a) Vingador; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Brig; estimated standardized tonnage: 174. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Simoni, João Batista. The voyage began at Havana on 21 September 1837. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Lagos, Onim (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Nassau. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 9.0%. Recorded outcome: Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, condemned.

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