EVENT INFORMATION

25
October
1717

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

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📅 25 October 1717 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Saint Joseph; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 365.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Gaspard, Guillaume; Investor: Compagnie du Sénégal. The voyage began at Honfleur on 25 October 1717. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Senegambia and offshore Atlantic, port unspecified. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 37 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 4.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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