EVENT INFORMATION

19
September
1773

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

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📅 19 September 1773 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Dame Cécile; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 250. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Le Grand; Investor: Le Grand; Captain: Naguet Dubost, Olivier de. The voyage began at Le Havre on 19 September 1773. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gorée (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 310 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 34.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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