EVENT INFORMATION

8
March
1837

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

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📅 8 March 1837 📍 Brazil

Vessel: Rio Tua; flag: Portugal / Brazil; rig: Brig. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Mota, Gaspar Joaquim da; Investor: Pereira, Francisco de Assis. The voyage began at Rio de Janeiro on 8 March 1837. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: West Central Africa and St Helena, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: SĂŁo SebastiĂŁo. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 117 days.

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