EVENT INFORMATION

2
January
1785

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

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📅 2 January 1785 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Alexandre; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Premord; Captain: Herblin, Ch. The voyage began at Honfleur on 2 January 1785. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gabon (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 73 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 22.0%. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people.

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