EVENT INFORMATION

30
October
1816

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

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📅 30 October 1816 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Feliz Dias; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Simões, Antônio; Investor: Simões, Antônio; Captain: Estrela, Francisco Luís da Cunha. The voyage began at Bahia, place unspecified on 30 October 1816. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Luanda (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Rio de Janeiro. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 45 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 24.0%.

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