EVENT INFORMATION

7
October
1720

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

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📅 7 October 1720 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Expédition; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Lefevre; Investor: Compagnie du Sénégal. The voyage began at Saint-Malo on 7 October 1720. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Galam (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Cap Français. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 24 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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