EVENT INFORMATION

24
February
1749

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

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📅 24 February 1749 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Sainte Barbe; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 101.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Plumard de Rieux, Joseph; Captain: Souchay, Jacques. The voyage began at Nantes on 24 February 1749. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Anomabu (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 78 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 56.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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