EVENT INFORMATION

16
May
1815

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

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📅 16 May 1815 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Diligência; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Curveta. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Blanchart, Manoel Pereira de Souza. The voyage began at Rio de Janeiro on 16 May 1815. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cabinda (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Rio de Janeiro. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 44 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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