EVENT INFORMATION

30
July
1752

The slave ship Placelière left the African coast carrying enslaved Africans toward Haiti. About 380 people had been taken aboard.

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📅 30 July 1752 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Placelière; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 218.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Grou, Guillaume; Captain: Denis, Guillaume. The voyage began at Nantes on 13 February 1752. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Badagry/Apa (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Léogane. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 166 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 14.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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