EVENT INFORMATION

17
March
1732

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

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📅 17 March 1732 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Duc de Bourbon; flag: France; rig: Fregat; estimated standardized tonnage: 321.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Pichon, G; Investor: Compagnie des Indes. The voyage began at Lorient on 17 March 1732. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gorée (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 44 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 9.0%. Recorded outcome: Condemned - Americas after disembarkation.

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