EVENT INFORMATION

4
December
1749

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

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📅 4 December 1749 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Vénus; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 257.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Rasteau, Isaac; Investor: Rasteau, J; Captain: Guillemot, Léonard. The voyage began at La Rochelle on 4 December 1749. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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