EVENT INFORMATION

22
January
1750

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

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📅 22 January 1750 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Providence; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 305.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Browne; Investor: Woulfe, Michel; Captain: Wale, Michel. The voyage began at Nantes on 22 January 1750. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bight of Benin, place unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 113 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 36.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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