3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
19691 – Postilhão
Voyage ID: 19691
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Postilhão
Flags: portugal-brazil
Tonnage: /
Journey
Departure Year: /
Departure Location: Pernambuco, port unspecified
Arrival Year: 1785
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Luanda
Principal landing location: Rio de Janeiro
Number embarked: 190
Number disembarked: 174
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
Sources
Carreira1969:466-74<>Carreira, António, <i>As companhias pombalinas de navegação: comércio e tráfico de escravos entre a costa Africana e o nordeste brasileiro</i> (Porto, 1969)., ANTT,AHMF,CGPP,462:15/6/85,26/10/85<><i>Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo</i> (Lisbon, Portugal) Arquivo Histórico do Ministério das Finanças, Companhia Geral de Pernambuco e Paraíba