EVENT INFORMATION

4
August
1719

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

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📅 4 August 1719 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Don de Dieu; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 236.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Dessaudrais Sébire; Captain: Masson Du Bocage, Guillaume. The voyage began at Saint-Malo on 4 August 1719. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Formosa (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 105 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 18.0%. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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