EVENT INFORMATION

7
January
1837

The slave ship Flor do Tejo departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Bahamas.

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📅 7 January 1837 📍 Bahamas

Vessel: Flor do Tejo; flag: Portugal / Brazil; estimated standardized tonnage: 110. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Ribeiro, João Antônio. The voyage began at Cuba, port unspecified on 7 January 1837. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gallinhas (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Nassau. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 10.0%. Recorded outcome: Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, condemned.

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