In St Domingue (present-day Haiti) in 1788, 29.5 thousand slaves were recorded as having disembarked from 98 different vessels in six major ports. On average, this means that there were over three hundred slaves aboard each ship. The averages per ship ranged from port to port, with the lowest average of 204 slaves per ship arriving in the port of Jérémie (albeit, from just one ship), and the highest average of 361 slaves per ship arriving in Léogâne.
The source does not specify whether the slaves were transported aboard purpose-built slave ships, or if the slaves were transported in the hold of other cargo ships.
Number of slaves imported into the various ports of St Domingue (Haiti) per vessel in 1788
Release date is date of most recent online access. The original source was published in 1850.
The total number of slaves that arrived at each port is as follows:
Léogâne: 3246
Port-au-Prince: 8293
Saint-Marc: 2600
Cape François: 10573
Cayes: 4590
Jérémie: 204
TOTAL: 29506
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Hathi Trust Digital Library. (October 29, 2020). Number of slaves imported into the various ports of St Domingue (Haiti) per vessel in 1788 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1183331/slave-imports-per-ship-haiti-1788/
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