Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 31527
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Heureux
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed Spain, place unspecified
Year constructed
Place registered Bordeaux
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 218
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Fesquet et Giraud
Pélissier le jeune, Pierre
Flangergue et Truchasson fot 1/14e
Gaussein et fils for 1/28e
Allaret et Chapuis frères for 1/28e
Veuve Alquier et fils for 9000 livres
Labat for 4000 livres
Sandilans for 15 000 livres
Massac (of Rouen) for 6000 livres
Captain Kanon for 10 000 livres
Charles Raymond (of Marseille) for 10 000 livres
Garrison (of Lyon) for 8000 livres
Lafitte et compagnie for 4000 livres
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 Bordeaux
First place of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena, 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 West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
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 1764
Date voyage began 1763-05-12
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1764-04-24
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1764-06-03
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 348
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Bouyries, Jean-Louis
Beyriès, Arnaud
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
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 152
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 133
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 ADGB,AdG, v. 6B1499 and 1507, v. 6B1613:

Archives Départementales Gironde (Bordeaux)


Saugera,351-62:

Saugera, éric, Bordeaux, port négrier. Chronologie, économie, idéologie, XVIIe-XIXe siècles (Paris, 1995).


mettas,II: 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.