EVENT INFORMATION

27
December
1764

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

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📅 27 December 1764 📍 Guadeloupe

Vessel: Pitre; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 254.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Thiercelin, Martin; Investor: Thiercelin, Martin; Investor: Dhaveloose; Investor: Meckenhauser; Captain: Joubert de La Morinière. The voyage began at Nantes on 27 December 1764. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Badagry/Apa (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Basse-Terre. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 147 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 11.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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