EVENT INFORMATION

27
August
1808

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

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📅 27 August 1808 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Vênus Furreca; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Paraíso, Francisco de Souza; Captain: Lima, José Joaquim de. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 27 August 1808. 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: 49 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 9.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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