EVENT INFORMATION

27
October
1741

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

← Back to Dashboard
📅 27 October 1741 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Zéphir; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 218.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Prudhomme de Fontenay; Captain: Richard de La Pinardière. The voyage began at Nantes on 27 October 1741. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Loango (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 63 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%. Recorded outcome: Sold.

Log in to like or bookmark this story.
🔖 Bookmark