EVENT INFORMATION

17
July
1786

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

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📅 17 July 1786 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Pérou; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Brillantois; Investor: Poriponneau, Jean; Investor: Tondu, Jean; Captain: Landolphe; Captain: La Bossere, Bertrand de. The voyage began at Rochefort on 17 July 1786. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Benin (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 128 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 71.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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