3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
42994 – Santa María de las Raíces (1540 – 1541)
Voyage ID: 42994
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Santa María de las Raíces
Flags: /
Tonnage: /
Journey
Departure Year: 1540
Departure Location: Lisbon
Arrival Year: 1541
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Sao Tome
Principal landing location: Puerto Rico, port unspecified
Number embarked: 160
Number disembarked: 150
Number of deaths: 10
Outcome
Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
Sources
Eagle2, 150<><p>Eagle, Marc,“ The Early Slave Trade to Spanish America: Caribbean Pathways, 1530–1580,” in Ida Altman and David Wheat (eds.), <em>The Spanish Caribbean and the Atlantic World in the Long Sixteenth Century</em> (Lincoln, NE, 2019)</p>