EVENT INFORMATION

27
March
1715

The slave ship Duc d'Anjou departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Martinique.

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📅 27 March 1715 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Duc d'Anjou; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 305.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Lespinas Soreau; Captain: Lucas, Louis. The voyage began at Nantes on 27 March 1715. 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: 91 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 12.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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