EVENT INFORMATION

10
May
1710

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

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📅 10 May 1710 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Duc de Bretagne; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 218.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Gontard, Claude; Investor: Compagnie du Sénégal. The voyage began at La Rochelle on 10 May 1710. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Saint-Louis (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 42 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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