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1612

1612: Insurrection aboard the Jesus María, bound for Venezuela (voyage 41928)

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On a slaving voyage that ended at Venezuela in 1612, the people aboard the Jesus María rose against the crew. They had been taken at Cacheu.

The record gives the numbers as: 392 people were embarked; 313 were landed.

Captain: Acosta, Antonio Rodrigues de. Recorded outcome, in the database’s words: “taken by slaves, recaptured, then ship lost.”

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 41928