Historedia
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Slave Arrivals through Valongo Wharf

When
1811–1831
Where
Valongo Wharf, Rio de Janeiro
Part of
Brazil forbids the Atlantic slave trade

Between 1811 and 1831, 500,000 to a million enslaved people arrived in Rio de Janeiro through Valongo Wharf, now a World Heritage Site.

Between 1811 and 1831, 500,000 to a million enslaved people arrived in Rio de Janeiro through Valongo Wharf, which is now a World Heritage Site. This episode is background context only; it does not represent the event's declared core occurrence. The legacy row's 7 November 1831 date and the Feijó law itself remain unsourced in the supplied evidence: no passage confirms or contradicts that date, and no passage mentions any prohibition of the slave trade.

Sources

  1. Rio de Janeiro Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18

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