EVENT INFORMATION

2
May
1775

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

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📅 2 May 1775 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Espérance; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 200. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Guillon; Captain: Chevy, J-B. The voyage began at Nantes on 2 May 1775. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Loango (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Léogane. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 52 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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