EVENT INFORMATION

9
February
1815

The slave ship Desforço arrived with enslaved Africans in Brazil. About 285 people had been taken aboard and approximately 251 arrived.

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Slave voyages 📅 9 February 1815 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Desforço; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Brig. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Princes Island (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 48 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 12.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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