Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 31533
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Légère
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 130
Standardized tonnage IMP 236
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Babaud de Guèrigny
Boereau and compagny
Dudouet, Etienne (merchant of Bordeaux).
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold in the Americas after disembarking slaves
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 Bissau
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bissau
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 Cap Français
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
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 Saint-Domingue
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Saint-Domingue
Region where voyage ended Saint-Domingue
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1766
Date voyage began 1764-09-19
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1766-04-29
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1766-06-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Fatin, Jean-Baptiste
Chauvet, Antoine
Crew at voyage outset 29
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 115
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 128
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 115
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 115
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 20.9%
Percentage women IMP 31.3%
Percentage boys IMP 33.0%
Percentage girls IMP 14.8%
Percentage male IMP 53.9%
Percentage children IMP 47.8%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources ADGB,AdG, v. 6B423, 6B1519, 1520, 6B1673:

Archives Départementales Gironde (Bordeaux)


Affiches Américaines, 1766.04.30 and 1766.06.18.:

affiches américaines, (Gainesville, University of Florida, U.S.A.)


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.
Saugera,351-62:

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