EVENT INFORMATION

24
June
1720

The slave ship Purgatório arrived with enslaved Africans in Brazil. About 789 people had been taken aboard and approximately 709 arrived.

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Slave voyages 📅 24 June 1720 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Purgatório; flag: Portugal / Brazil. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Luanda (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 35 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 10.0%.

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