EVENT INFORMATION

12
March
1828

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

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📅 12 March 1828 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Providência; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Patacho. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Madeira, Manoel José; Investor: Ferreira, Manoel José Gomes. The voyage began at Rio de Janeiro on 12 March 1828. 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: 35 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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