EVENT INFORMATION

5
December
1766

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

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📅 5 December 1766 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Thésée; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 305.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Begoüen Demeaux; Captain: Le Normand Duplessis. The voyage began at Le Havre on 5 December 1766. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: West Central Africa and St Helena, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 49 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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