Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 30892
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Duc de Praslin
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 180
Standardized tonnage IMP 281
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Baslan (Aîné)
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 Gorée
Second place of slave purchase Gambia
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic, port unspecified
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 Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
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 1770
Date voyage began 1768-08-15
Date trade began in Africa 1768-10-06
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1770-04-20
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 613
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Jumelier Hamonais, Cl
Crew at voyage outset 39
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 251
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 223
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 223
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 41.3%
Percentage women IMP 30.0%
Percentage boys IMP 16.1%
Percentage girls IMP 12.6%
Percentage male IMP 57.4%
Percentage children IMP 28.7%
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.