EVENT INFORMATION

7
June
1771

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

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📅 7 June 1771 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Félicité; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 200.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Delaire; Investor: Paimparé; Captain: Guyomart, J. The voyage began at Nantes on 7 June 1771. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Benin (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Léogane. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 154 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 28.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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