Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 33751 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Tempête | |
Flag | France | |
Flag IMP | France | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 300 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 343 | |
Guns mounted | 28 | |
Vessel owners | Compagnie Royalle de Guinee | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Voyage completed as intended |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Not captured | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Delivered slaves for original owners | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | La Rochelle |
First place of slave purchase | Whydah, Ouidah | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Whydah, Ouidah | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Martinique, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Martinique, place unspecified | |
Place where voyage ended | La Rochelle | |
Region where voyage began IMP | France | |
First region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Benin | |
First region of slave landing | Martinique | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Martinique | |
Region where voyage ended | France | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1688 |
Date voyage began | 1687-??-?? | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1688-02-13 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1688-06-15 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Casse, Jean Baptiste du |
Crew at voyage outset | 95 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | ||
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 303 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 303 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 287 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 287 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | |
Percentage women IMP | ||
Percentage boys IMP | ||
Percentage girls IMP | ||
Percentage male IMP | 48.4% | |
Percentage children IMP | ||
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 16 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 5.0% | |
Source | Sources | Roussier,1-47: Roussier, Paul (ed.), L'Etablissement d'Issiny, 1687-1702: Voyage de DuCasse, Tibierge et Damon B la côte de Guinée (Paris, 1935).
Rawl,C747,170,212: Bodleian Library (Oxford, UK) Rawlinson mss, C745-747 Munford,175-6: Munford, Clarence J., Black Ordeal of Slavery and Slave Trading in the French West Indies, 1625-1715, 3 vols. (Lewiston, NY, 1991). Hrodej,I:73,79-81: Hrodej, Philippe, L'amiral Du Casse: l'elevation d'un Gascon sous Louis XIV, 2 vols. (Paris, 1999). |