EVENT INFORMATION

2
December
1714

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

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📅 2 December 1714 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Union; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 146.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Montaudoin, René; Captain: Hego, Jacques. The voyage began at Nantes on 2 December 1714. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Léogane. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 72 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 27.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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