EVENT INFORMATION

9
August
1743

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

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📅 9 August 1743 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Affriquain; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 254.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Trochon, Charles; Captain: Thiercelin, François; Investor: Thiercelin, François. The voyage began at Nantes on 9 August 1743. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Little Popo (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by British - after disembarkation.

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