EVENT INFORMATION

22
May
1776

The slave ship Saint Jean departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Guadeloupe.

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📅 22 May 1776 📍 Guadeloupe

Vessel: Saint Jean; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 60. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Dacosta; Captain: Eudes. The voyage began at Nantes on 22 May 1776. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Basse-Terre. Recorded outcome: Laid up (disarmed) or broken up in the Americas.

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