EVENT INFORMATION

15
August
1728

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

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📅 15 August 1728 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Amitié; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 146.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Montaudoin Delaunay, Thomas; Captain: Ricard, Pierre. The voyage began at Nantes on 15 August 1728. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Africa, port unspecified (Other Africa). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 134 days. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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