São José Paquete Africa
Portuguese slave ship wrecked off Cape Town in 1794 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The São José Paquete Africa (also, São José-Paquete de Africa) was a slave ship from the Kingdom of Portugal that sank in 1794 off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. Close to shore, but in deep water, 212 of the 400 to 500 African slaves who were aboard died when the ship sank.[1] In 2015, the Smithsonian's African American History Museum, South Africa's Iziko Museums, the Slave Wrecks Project, and other partners, confirmed discovery of the wreck near where it sank.[2][3] The ship and its slaves were headed from Portuguese Mozambique to Colonial Brazil, during the height of the international African slave trade.[4] Few other former slave ships have been found, but the São José is the first and only shipwreck discovered, as of June 3, 2015, of a working slave ship, which sank in transit with its human cargo aboard.[4][5]
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Kingdom of Portugal | |
Name | São José Paquete Africa |
Fate | Sank: December 27, 1794 |