EVENT INFORMATION

23
August
1825

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

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📅 23 August 1825 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Velha de Deus; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 142. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Regadas, Luís de Queiróz Monteiro; Investor: Regadas, Luís de Queiróz Monteiro; Investor: Oliveira, Francisco Antônio de; Investor: Macedo, Joaquim Teixeira de. The voyage began at Pernambuco, place unspecified on 23 August 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: 27 days.

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