EVENT INFORMATION

28
November
1817

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

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📅 28 November 1817 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Tejo; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Santos, Joaquim Ferreira dos; Investor: Santos, Joaquim Ferreira dos; Captain: Silva, João Pereira. The voyage began at Rio de Janeiro on 28 November 1817. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cabinda (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Bahia, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 25 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%.

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