EVENT INFORMATION

4
June
1839

The slave ship Serra do Pilar arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 255 people had been taken aboard and approximately 198 arrived.

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📅 4 June 1839 📍 Cuba

Vessel: Serra do Pilar; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 110. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Oliveira, Miguel de. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Lagos, Onim (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Isla de Pinas. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 78 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 22.0%. Recorded outcome: Court of Mixed Commission, Havana, condemned.

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