Model of Aurore at Sainte-Geneviève Library
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Aurore |
Owner | Delacour Vieux, Compagnie d'Occident |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fregat |
Tons burthen | 305 (bm) |
Aurore (along with the Duc du Maine), was a slave ship that brought the first African slaves to Louisiana on 6 June 1719, from Senegambia.[1][2] The ship could carry approximately 600 slaves.