EVENT INFORMATION

11
June
1773

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

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📅 11 June 1773 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Giraudeau; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 150. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Giraudeau, Benjamin; Captain: Duchiron, Avrard. The voyage began at La Rochelle on 11 June 1773. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cabinda (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 66 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.0%. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of enslaved people or during slaving.

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