EVENT INFORMATION

21
July
1731

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

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📅 21 July 1731 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Pacifique; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 365.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Bertrand; Captain: Buron, Joseph. The voyage began at Nantes on 21 July 1731. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Loango (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 93 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 5.0%. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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