EVENT INFORMATION

2
May
1815

The slave ship Paquete Real departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Cuba.

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📅 2 May 1815 📍 Cuba

Vessel: Paquete Real; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Viana, José Antônio Rodrigues; Captain: Raposo, Joaquim José; Investor: Cuesta Manzanal y Hermano. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 2 May 1815. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Princes Island (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Havana. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 71 days.

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