EVENT INFORMATION

16
May
1716

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

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📅 16 May 1716 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Sainte Agnès; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 343.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Thomas, Isaac; Investor: Schiel; Captain: Du Montoir. The voyage began at Nantes on 16 May 1716. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Léogane. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 72 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 14.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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