EVENT INFORMATION

31
January
1765

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

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📅 31 January 1765 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Rencontre; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Bailly; Captain: Le Ray de Labaussère. The voyage began at Nantes on 31 January 1765. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: West Central Africa and St Helena, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Laid up (disarmed) or broken up in the Americas.

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