Tecora
Portuguese slave ship in the early 19th century / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tecora was a Portuguese slave ship of the early 19th century. The brig was built especially for the slave trade although the transport across the Atlantic of human beings as slaves had already been outlawed by several nations in international treaties in the first decade of the 19th century.[1] She was fast and maneuverable in order to evade British patrols that attempted to stop such illegal slave ships off the coast of Africa.[1]
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Length | 100 ft |
Sail plan | Brig |
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In 1839, a group of Africans were kidnapped from Mendiland (in modern-day Sierra Leone) and transported to the African slave port of Lomboko.[2][3] There, a slave trader purchased about 500 of the Africans and transported them aboard Tecora to Havana, Cuba.[2][3]