EVENT INFORMATION

8
November
1789

The slave ship Marquis de Bouillé began acquiring enslaved Africans for transportation to Haiti.

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📅 8 November 1789 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Marquis de Bouillé; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Ducollet; Captain: Quirouard, Léonard-Julien. The voyage began at Nantes on 3 August 1789. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Saint-Marc. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 65 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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