EVENT INFORMATION

9
June
1763

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

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📅 9 June 1763 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Croissant; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 257.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Beauvoir, Philippe; Captain: Devigues. The voyage began at Nantes on 9 June 1763. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gold Coast, Fr definition (Other Africa). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Léogane. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 139 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 7.0%. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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