Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 30740
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Gédéon
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 40
Standardized tonnage IMP 74
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Georget, Mathurin
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 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 Cap Français
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Cap Français
Place where voyage ended
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 Saint-Domingue
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Saint-Domingue
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1763
Date voyage began 1763-03-06
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1763-07-10
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 126
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Bézier, Nonne
Crew at voyage outset
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 105
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 105
Total slaves embarked IMP 105
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 79
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 79
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 26
Mortality rate IMP 25.0%
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.