The papers stipulated permission to trade south of the equator though the intended destination was indeed to the north.
The ship’s trade permits and itinerary were unlike many others in the age of abolition. On June 17, 1833, the Manuelita (voyage database #1298), “a beautiful large 2-topsail” Spanish-Uruguay schooner, “drawing 17 feet water” left Havana, Cuba with a cargo of dry goods, aguardiente, gunpowder, and papers to buy slaves in São Tomé off the coast of Gabon.
