Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 2862
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Laure
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 160
Standardized tonnage IMP 160
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Herpin, Constant
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Vice-Admiralty Court, 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 Sherbro
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Sherbro
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 Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
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 1829
Date voyage began 1829-??-??
Date trade began in Africa 1829-09-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1829-10-01
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 Jastram, Jean Victor
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves 38
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 374
Total slaves embarked IMP 374
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 372
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 372
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 58.3%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 2
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources FO84/88,Smith,29.10.20:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


FO84/335,Treasury,40.07,22:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


IUP,ST,12,B,156-61: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
Add.mss,43125,ff.340-41:

British Library, Additional Manuscripts (London, UK)


Daget:

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


FO84/305,ff.330-9:

British National Archives (Kew), Foreign Office


Meyer-Heiselberg,31:

Meyer-Heiselberg, R., Notes from the Liberated African Department in the Archives at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (Uppsala, 1967)