EVENT INFORMATION

11
January
1753

The slave ship Placelière arrived with enslaved Africans in Haiti. About 380 people had been taken aboard and approximately 328 arrived.

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📅 11 January 1753 📍 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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