EVENT INFORMATION

11
August
1785

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

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📅 11 August 1785 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Comte de Forcalquier; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Garesché, Daniel; Captain: Boulineau, A. The voyage began at La Rochelle on 11 August 1785. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Saint-Louis (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Port-au-Prince. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 40 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 60.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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