EVENT INFORMATION

6
February
1788

The slave ship Nouvelle Betsy arrived with enslaved Africans in Haiti. About 342 people had been taken aboard and approximately 258 arrived.

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📅 6 February 1788 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Nouvelle Betsy; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Van Hoogwerff; Captain: Begaud, André; Captain: Quenet. The voyage began at La Rochelle on 19 February 1787. 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: 110 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 25.0%.

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