Le Saphir de Saint-Louis

José Luis Guérin

France / 2015 / Documentary / 34’57”N1600407

Saphir de Saint-Louis
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SYNOPSIS

In the ex-voto sailors' chapel in the cathedral of Saint-Louis de La Rochelle hangs a painting that commemorates the tragedy of Le Saphir from 1741. The slave schooner, becalmed for days and days in the doldrums, was carrying 271 slaves.

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