EVENT INFORMATION

1
March
1858

The slave ship C Perkins left the African coast carrying enslaved Africans toward Cuba. About 533 people had been taken aboard.

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📅 1 March 1858 📍 Cuba

Vessel: C Perkins; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 176. The voyage began at Havana on 26 November 1857. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Loango (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Mariel. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 42 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 25.0%. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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