EVENT INFORMATION

1
August
1817

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

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๐Ÿ“… 1 August 1817 ๐Ÿ“ Guadeloupe

Vessel: Sylphe; flag: France; rig: Schooner; estimated standardized tonnage: 153. The voyage began at Nantes on 1 August 1817. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Guadeloupe, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: French proceedings initiated in Guadaloupe, acquittal.

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