EVENT INFORMATION

27
August
1749

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

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📅 27 August 1749 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Marie Heureuse; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 272.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Richer de Lahaye, Olivier; Captain: Denis, Guillaume. The voyage began at Nantes on 27 August 1749. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 142 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 36.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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