EVENT INFORMATION

31
January
1727

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

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📅 31 January 1727 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Paix; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 254.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Montaudoin Delaunay; Captain: Bellinger, François. The voyage began at Nantes on 31 January 1727. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Popo (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 77 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 14.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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