EVENT INFORMATION

15
May
1752

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

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📅 15 May 1752 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Marquise; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 365.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Michel; Investor: Grou; Captain: Quatreville, Louis. The voyage began at Nantes on 15 May 1752. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 101 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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