EVENT INFORMATION

26
May
1770

The slave ship Négritte began acquiring enslaved Africans for transportation to Haiti.

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📅 26 May 1770 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Négritte; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 200.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Leyritz, François Guillaume; Captain: Sauvage de Beauséjour, N. The voyage began at Saint-Malo on 30 September 1769. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Malembo (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 70 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 9.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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