EVENT INFORMATION

6
February
1812

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

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📅 6 February 1812 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Divina Providência; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Guimarães, Inácio Antunes; Captain: Viana, José Joaquim; Investor: Viana, José Joaquim. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 6 February 1812. 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: 58 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 3.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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