EVENT INFORMATION

1
August
1725

The slave ship Pontchartrain departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Haiti.

← Back to Dashboard
๐Ÿ“… 1 August 1725 ๐Ÿ“ Haiti

Vessel: Pontchartrain; flag: France; rig: Fregat; estimated standardized tonnage: 329.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Boscal de Real, C. de; Investor: Compagnie des Indes. The voyage began at Lorient on 1 August 1725. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Petit-Goรขve. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

Log in to like or bookmark this story.
๐Ÿ”– Bookmark