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1567

1567: Three or more went overboard from the Madalena, bound for Hispaniola (voyage 29571)

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On a slaving voyage that ended at Hispaniola in 1567, the people aboard the Madalena went over the side, or were recorded missing. They had been taken at Cape Verde Islands.

The record gives the numbers as: 287 people were embarked; 230 were landed; 22 died on the crossing.

Captain: Morales Bueno, Pedro de. Flag: Spain / Uruguay. Recorded outcome, in the database’s words: “some slaves removed by pirates/privateers.”

Resistance is recorded only where a surviving document mentions it. The 571 such acts in the record are a floor. Silence in that column is silence in the archive. It says nothing about calm on the ship.

Source SlaveVoyages, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, voyage 29571