EVENT INFORMATION

20
May
1809

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

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📅 20 May 1809 📍 Uruguay

Vessel: Dido; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Galera; estimated standardized tonnage: 236. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Domingues, Josén; Captain: Madruga, Luís Pereira. The voyage began at Rio de Janeiro on 20 May 1809. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Mozambique (East Africa and Indian Ocean islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Montevideo. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 8.0%.

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