EVENT INFORMATION

29
October
1736

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

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📅 29 October 1736 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Aigle; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 343.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Baron, J.N Solain; Investor: Compagnie des Indes. The voyage began at Lorient on 29 October 1736. 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: 42 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 4.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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