EVENT INFORMATION

29
November
1734

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

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📅 29 November 1734 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Aigle; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 321.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Keraudrain, E. Croupier de; Investor: Compagnie des Indes. The voyage began at Lorient on 29 November 1734. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Saint-Louis (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 24 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 3.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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