Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 2856 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Henriette (a) Confiance | |
Flag | France | |
Flag IMP | France | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | 1818 | |
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Brig | |
Tonnage | 193 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 193 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Lespert | |
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 | Martinique, place unspecified |
First place of slave purchase | Calabar | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Calabar | |
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 | Martinique | |
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 | 1828 |
Date voyage began | 1828-04-25 | |
Date trade began in Africa | ||
Date vessel departed Africa | 1828-08-11 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1828-09-16 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 144 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 36 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Bonnefin |
Crew at voyage outset | 16 | |
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 | 426 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 426 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 366 | |
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 | 366 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 43.5% |
Percentage women IMP | 29.4% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 13.1% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 14.1% | |
Percentage male IMP | 56.5% | |
Percentage children IMP | 27.1% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 60 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 14.0% | |
Source | Sources | IUP,ST,12/A1/88-89: 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) Meyer-Heiselberg,27: Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967) FO84/89,f.170: British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office |