EVENT INFORMATION

2
October
1819

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

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📅 2 October 1819 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Grão Penedo; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Rocha, José Francisco Ferreira da; Captain: Oliveira, Sérgio Ferreira de. The voyage began at Rio de Janeiro on 2 October 1819. 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: 41 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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