Aurore (slave ship)

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Fiche de Desarmement of the first two African slave-trade ships to Louisiana, dated October 4, 1719

The Aurore (along with the Duc du Maine) was a cargo slave ship which brought the first African slaves to Louisiana on June 6, 1719 from Senegambia. [1][2]

References

  1. Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo, Africans in Colonial Louisiana, p61
  2. theusgenweb.org "Immigrants to Colonial Louisiana"

See also