EVENT INFORMATION

11
May
1789

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

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📅 11 May 1789 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Bons Frères; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Duvau; Captain: Foucher, P. The voyage began at Nantes on 11 May 1789. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: West Central Africa and St Helena, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cayes (Les). Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 44 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 11.0%. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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