Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 2836
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Bienfaisant
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed Paimboeuf
Year constructed 1816
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 79
Standardized tonnage IMP 79
Guns mounted 4
Vessel owners Manson
Luzet
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Bought at least one slave in Africa - subsequent fate unknown
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves embarked, transhipped or no further record
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
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
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Pernambuco, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
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
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Pernambuco
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1825
Date voyage began 1824-11-17
Date trade began in Africa 1825-02-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves
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 Luzet, Michel Etienne
Crew at voyage outset 14
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 376
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 335
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Daget:

Répertoire des expéditions négrières françaises à la traite illégale (Nantes, 1988)