Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 30721
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Silphe
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 146
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Bailly (Aîné)
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Laid up (disarmed) or broken up in the Americas
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Nantes
First place of slave purchase
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cacheu
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Guadeloupe, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Basse-Terre
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing Guadaloupe
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Guadaloupe
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1755
Date voyage began 1755-03-07
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1755-12-04
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1756-01-16
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 272
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Satin, Jean-Baptiste Simon
Crew at voyage outset 27
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 166
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 147
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 147
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 61.2%
Percentage women IMP 21.1%
Percentage boys IMP 12.9%
Percentage girls IMP 4.8%
Percentage male IMP 74.2%
Percentage children IMP 17.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
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.
AHU,Guiné,Cx.9,Doc.11:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)