EVENT INFORMATION

2
October
1719

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

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📅 2 October 1719 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Marie Angélique; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Charault; Captain: Ricard, Louis. The voyage began at Nantes on 2 October 1719. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 98 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 22.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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