EVENT INFORMATION

1
August
1803

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

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📅 1 August 1803 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Felicidade; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Lima, José de Ciqueira; Captain: Branco, João da Silveira Castelo. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 1 August 1803. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Costa da Mina, place unspecified (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 38 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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