EVENT INFORMATION

26
June
1715

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

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📅 26 June 1715 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Eclair; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 343.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Joubert, Mathurin; Captain: Broban, Noël. The voyage began at Nantes on 26 June 1715. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 39.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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