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