EVENT INFORMATION

2
May
1754

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

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📅 2 May 1754 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Comète; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 305.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Ballan, Jean; Investor: Grou, Michel. The voyage began at Nantes on 2 May 1754. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded outcome: Captured by British - after disembarkation.

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