EVENT INFORMATION

14
May
1844

The slave ship Bom Destino departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 14 May 1844 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Bom Destino; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Polaca; estimated standardized tonnage: 162. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Mairinho, Joaquim P; Captain: Soares, J J. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 14 May 1844. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Lagos, Onim (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 29 days. Recorded outcome: Court of Mixed Commission, Rio de Janeiro, condemned.

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