EVENT INFORMATION

23
December
1788

The slave ship Bailli de Suffren arrived with enslaved Africans in Haiti. About 267 people had been taken aboard and approximately 216 arrived.

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📅 23 December 1788 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Bailli de Suffren; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Boquet, Nicolas; Investor: Compagnie du Sénégal. The voyage began at Le Havre on 12 May 1788. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Saint-Louis (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint-Domingue, then Haiti, port unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 71 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 19.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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