| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 2734 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Vigilante | |
| Flag | France | |
| Flag IMP | France | |
| Place constructed | Nantes | |
| Year constructed | 1820 | |
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | Brig | |
| Tonnage | 232 | |
| Standardized tonnage IMP | 232 | |
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Michaud | |
| Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | French proceedings initiated in France, condemned |
| Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Old World | |
| Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | French | |
| Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
| African resistance | ||
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Nantes |
| First place of slave purchase | Bonny | |
| Second place of slave purchase | ||
| Third place of slave purchase | ||
| Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Bonny | |
| Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
| First place of slave landing | Freetown | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | Freetown | |
| Place where voyage ended | ||
| Region where voyage began IMP | France | |
| First region of slave purchase | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
| Second region of slave purchase | ||
| Third region of slave purchase | ||
| Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
| First region of slave landing | Sierra Leone | |
| Second region of slave landing | ||
| Third region of slave landing | ||
| Principal region of slave landing IMP | Sierra Leone | |
| Region where voyage ended | ||
| Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1822 |
| Date voyage began | 1822-01-05 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | 1822-??-?? | |
| Date vessel departed Africa | 1822-04-15 | |
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1822-05-24 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 139 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | 39 | |
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Bouffier, Antoine César |
| Crew at voyage outset | 31 | |
| 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 | 345 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 345 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 300 | |
| 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 | 300 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 39.7% |
| Percentage women IMP | 19.7% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 12.7% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 28.0% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 52.3% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 40.7% | |
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 45 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 13.0% | |
| Source | Sources | IUP,ST,9,121-32: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
Daget: Répertoire des expéditions négrières françaises à la traite illégale (Nantes, 1988) Vigilante: Society of Friends, Case of the Vigilante, a ship employed in the slave trade (London, 1823). Meyer-Heiselberg,15: Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967) |