EVENT INFORMATION

14
May
1752

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

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📅 14 May 1752 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Espérance; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 254.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Roche, Nicolas; Investor: Roche, Nicolas; Captain: Collin, Jacques. The voyage began at Nantes on 14 May 1752. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Léogane. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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