EVENT INFORMATION

18
September
1771

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

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📅 18 September 1771 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Pyrrha; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 341.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Barolet, Jean-Baptiste; Investor: Laffon de Ladebat, Jacques-Alexandre. The voyage began at Bordeaux on 18 September 1771. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français.

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