EVENT INFORMATION

15
March
1785

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

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📅 15 March 1785 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Confiance; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Drouin, Louis; Captain: Le Ray, Math. The voyage began at Nantes on 15 March 1785. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Porto Novo (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint-Marc. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 81 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 4.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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