EVENT INFORMATION

11
December
1776

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

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📅 11 December 1776 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Colibri; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 65. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Chauvel, D; Captain: Gillard, Joachim; Investor: Compagnie de la Guyane. The voyage began at Le Havre on 11 December 1776. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 117 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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