EVENT INFORMATION

28
August
1713

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

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📅 28 August 1713 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Fidélité; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 343.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Glemeau, Julien; Investor: Montaudoin, Jean; Captain: Rommeray, Jean. The voyage began at Nantes on 28 August 1713. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 56 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 7.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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