Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 2840 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Fortunée | |
Flag | France | |
Flag IMP | France | |
Place constructed | Saint-Malo | |
Year constructed | 1819 | |
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Schooner | |
Tonnage | 99 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 99 | |
Guns mounted | 4 | |
Vessel owners | Laurent | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, condemned |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Old World | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | British | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (human agency) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Guadeloupe, place unspecified |
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 | Guadaloupe | |
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 | 1826 |
Date voyage began | 1825-04-04 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1825-07-12 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1826-05-09 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1826-05-30 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 421 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 21 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Laborde, Jacques Guimbert, Jean Jacques |
Crew at voyage outset | 22 | |
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 | 255 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 255 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 198 | |
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 | 198 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 41.6% |
Percentage women IMP | 24.0% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 14.4% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 20.0% | |
Percentage male IMP | 56.0% | |
Percentage children IMP | 34.4% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 57 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 22.0% | |
Source | Sources | PP,1830,X:126: Great Britain, Parliamentary Papers: 1777, Accounts and Papers, No 9 1788, XXII 1789, XXIV, XXV, XXVI 1790, XXIX, XXX, XXXI 1790-91, XXXIV 1792, XXXV 1795-96, XLII 1798-99, XLVIII 1799 XLVIII 1801-2, IV 1803-4, X 1806, XII 1813-14, XII 1816, VII 1823, XIX 1825, XXVII, XXIX 1826, XXIX 1826-7, XXII, XXVI 1828, XXVI 1829, XXVI 1830, X 1831, XIX 1831-32, XLVII 1842, XLIV 1845,XLIX 1847-8, XXII 1852-3, XXXIX FO84/50,Hamilton,Reffel,26.11.17: British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office Daget: Répertoire des expéditions négrières françaises à la traite illégale (Nantes, 1988) Meyer-Heiselberg,22: Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967) |