EVENT INFORMATION

27
April
1790

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

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📅 27 April 1790 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Cérès; flag: France. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Mosneron-Dupin; Captain: Baulon, Jean. The voyage began at Nantes on 27 April 1790. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cayes (Les). Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 77 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 2.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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