EVENT INFORMATION

8
April
1816

The slave ship Esperança arrived with enslaved Africans in Brazil. About 386 people had been taken aboard and approximately 374 arrived.

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📅 8 April 1816 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Esperança; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Galera. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Dias, Domingos Francisco; Investor: Lisboa, Francisco José. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Quilimane (East Africa and Indian Ocean islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 51 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 3.0%.

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