EVENT INFORMATION

8
February
1825

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

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📅 8 February 1825 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Torcata; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 94. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Gomes, Antônio Joaquim de Lemos; Captain: Martins, Diogo Cândido; Investor: Martins, Diogo Cândido. The voyage began at Pernambuco, place unspecified on 8 February 1825. 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: 36 days.

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