EVENT INFORMATION

8
June
1777

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

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📅 8 June 1777 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Jean Jacques; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 300. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Dacosta; Captain: Gobbé de La Gaudinais. The voyage began at Nantes on 8 June 1777. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint-Marc. Recorded outcome: Captured by British - after disembarkation.

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