EVENT INFORMATION

15
December
1721

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

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📅 15 December 1721 📍 Haiti

Vessel: Excellent; flag: France; estimated standardized tonnage: 182.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Montaudoin, René; Captain: Denier, Jean; Captain: Dosset, Fr. The voyage began at Nantes on 15 December 1721. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Léogane. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 59.0%. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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