Francisco José do Nascimento, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francisco José do Nascimento

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1839

Place of Birth: Aracati, Ceará, Brazil

Date of Death: 05-Mar-1914

Profession: revolutionary

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Francisco José do Nascimento (April 15, 1839 — March 5, 1914), known as "Dragão do Mar" (Sea Dragon), was a Brazilian pilot and abolitionist figure, who in 1881 led a strike in the port of Fortaleza, state of Ceará, refusing to transport enslaved black people to be sold in Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian provinces.