EVENT INFORMATION

6
March
1802

The slave ship Flores do Mar departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Brazil.

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📅 6 March 1802 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Flores do Mar; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Brig. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Guimarães, Inácio Antunes; Captain: Ferreira, João Basílio; Captain: Guimarães, Inácio Antônio. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 6 March 1802. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Costa da Mina, place unspecified (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 14.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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