EVENT INFORMATION

20
April
1750

The slave ship Télémaque arrived with enslaved Africans in Martinique. About 512 people had been taken aboard and approximately 446 arrived.

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📅 20 April 1750 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Télémaque; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 343.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Trochon, Charles; Captain: Legars, Pierre. The voyage began at Nantes on 10 May 1749. 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: 98 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 13.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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