EVENT INFORMATION

2
August
1787

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

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📅 2 August 1787 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Negrésse; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Baudoin, Antoine; Captain: Magouet. The voyage began at Nantes on 2 August 1787. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cayes (Les). Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 60 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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