EVENT INFORMATION

31
May
1732

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

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📅 31 May 1732 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Alexandre; flag: France; rig: Fluit; estimated standardized tonnage: 365.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Chouquet, H Duel; Investor: Compagnie des Indes. The voyage began at Lorient on 31 May 1732. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Saint-Louis (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Léogane. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 44 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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