EVENT INFORMATION

22
May
1717

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

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📅 22 May 1717 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Vierge de Grâce; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Terrien, Jean; Investor: Terrien, Jean; Investor: Marquet; Investor: Favre. The voyage began at Nantes on 22 May 1717. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Léogane. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 89 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 13.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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