The Wreck of The São José Paquete Africa
In 1794 the São José Paquete Africa was headed to the sugar plantations in Brazil. It was carrying a cargo of 500 slaves from Mocambique
Just about 100 metres off Camp’s Bay it struck a rock that was beneath the water. It immediately took in water and began to sink.
The captain and the crew survived, however, only recently it was discovered that the captain and crew managed to pull 212 of the slaves out and they were sold to buyers in Cape Town The rest were just left to drown.
This wreck was only discovered in the 1980s and it took a further few decades before the full story came out. A memorial was held for those unfortunate people who had been captured and then left to drown.
