EVENT INFORMATION

20
July
1805

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

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📅 20 July 1805 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Felicidade; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Pereira, José Gomes; Investor: Pereira, José Gomes; Captain: Silveira, João da. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 20 July 1805. 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: 53 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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