EVENT INFORMATION

8
March
1769

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

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📅 8 March 1769 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Roy Nègre; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 272.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Deridelière Le Roux; Captain: Casal, Mathurin. The voyage began at Nantes on 8 March 1769. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint-Marc. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 109 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 5.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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