EVENT INFORMATION

8
May
1745

The slave ship Voltigeante arrived with enslaved Africans in Martinique. About 175 people had been taken aboard and approximately 269 arrived.

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📅 8 May 1745 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Voltigeante; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 110.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Cock, Jean-Baptiste; Captain: Leverger Du Teno, N. The voyage began at Nantes on 1 January 1744. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Epe (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 88 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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