EVENT INFORMATION

8
May
1824

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

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📅 8 May 1824 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Marquês de Pombal; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Bergantim. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Blanchart, Manoel Pereira de Souza; Investor: Meireles, Antônio José. The voyage began at Rio de Janeiro on 8 May 1824. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Ambriz (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Rio de Janeiro. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 34 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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