Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 30388
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Notre Dame de Bonne Garde
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 70
Standardized tonnage IMP 128
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Vanvoorne, Adrien
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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Nantes
First place of slave purchase Windward + Ivory + Gold + Benin
Second place of slave purchase Epe
Third place of slave purchase São Tomé
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Epe
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Cap Français
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Cap Français
Place where voyage ended Nantes
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Other Africa
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Saint-Domingue
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Saint-Domingue
Region where voyage ended France
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1741
Date voyage began 1740-06-11
Date trade began in Africa 1740-07-22
Date vessel departed Africa 1741-02-12
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1741-04-28
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1741-10-12
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 321
Middle passage (days) IMP 75
Captain and Crew Captain's name Laralde, Martin
Crew at voyage outset 23
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 7
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 3
Total slaves embarked 199
Total slaves embarked IMP 199
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 189
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 185
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 189
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 10
Mortality rate IMP 5.0%
Source Sources 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.