Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 30026
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Aurore
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 140
Standardized tonnage IMP 254
Guns mounted 14
Vessel owners Compagnie de l'Asiente
Joubert, Joseph
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Voyage completed as intended
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Delivered slaves for original owners
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Nantes
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 Buenos Aires
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Buenos Aires
Place where voyage ended Nantes
Region where voyage began IMP France
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 Rio de la Plata
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Rio de la Plata
Region where voyage ended France
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1713
Date voyage began 1713-01-06
Date trade began in Africa 1713-04-14
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1713-10-06
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1714-09-13
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 273
Middle passage (days) IMP 149
Captain and Crew Captain's name Nadreau, Jacques
Crew at voyage outset 46
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 6
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 266
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 266
Total slaves embarked IMP 266
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 215
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 ADLA B4576:

Archives Départmentales Loire-Atlantique (Nantes)


Hallier, 49:

Hallier, Valérie, Le lancement de la traite négrière à Nantes de 1688 à 1713 (Mémoire de maîtrise, Université de Nantes, 1996)


ADLA B4704 passports:

Archives Départmentales Loire-Atlantique (Nantes)


Studer:

De Studer, Elena F. S., Trata de Negros en el Rio de la Plata Durante el Siglo XVII (Buenos Aires, 1984).


Munford,207: Munford, Clarence J., Black Ordeal of Slavery and Slave Trading in the French West Indies, 1625-1715, 3 vols. (Lewiston, NY, 1991).
mettas,I: Mettas, Jean, Répertoire des Expéditions Négrières Françaises au XVIIIe Siècle; Tome 1, Nantes (Paris, 1978); Tome 2, Ports Autres que Nantes (Paris, 1984), édité par Serge et Michelle Daget.