EVENT INFORMATION

1
May
1769

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

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📅 1 May 1769 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Marie-Séraphique; flag: France; rig: Sénaut; estimated standardized tonnage: 272.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Fautrel Gaugy, J-B; Investor: Gruel, Jacques; Investor: Le Masne, Claude; Captain: Fautrel-Gaugy, Jean-Baptiste; Investor: Fautrel-Gaugy, Jean-Baptiste; Investor: Perieu de La Corbinière; Investor: Le Masne, Jean-Baptiste; Investor: Archambault; Investor: Legrand; Investor: Viard, Jacques; Investor: Cotheret; Investor: Tardivy; Investor: Mouraud, Rogatien; Investor: de Montouraine, Charles; Investor: Dujarry, René. The voyage began at Nantes on 1 May 1769. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Loango (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 46 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 3.2%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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