Darwin at Bahia, March 1832
- When
- March 1832
- Where
- Bahia, Brazil
While at Bahia, Brazil, in March 1832, Darwin was horrified at tales of the treatment of slaves, the earliest sourced South American event of the voyage.
The supplied passage records that on a memorable occasion in March 1832 at Bahia, Brazil, Darwin was horrified at tales of the treatment of slaves. The second survey expedition of HMS Beagle had departed on 27 December 1831, so this episode falls within its early months. The passages do not state the ship's arrival date at Bahia or that this was Darwin's first encounter with South America, so the arrival framing is inferred rather than sourced.
Sources
- Robert FitzRoy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
- Second voyage of HMS Beagle Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
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