EVENT INFORMATION

10
May
1789

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

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📅 10 May 1789 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Phénix; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Ducollet; Captain: Dupuis, J-Fr. The voyage began at Nantes on 10 May 1789. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Loango (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint-Marc. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 104 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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