Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 31539
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Triton
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Bordeaux
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 130
Standardized tonnage IMP 236
Guns mounted 6
Vessel owners Mendès, Raphaël
Gradis, Jacob
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 Calabar
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Calabar
Places of call before Atlantic crossing Gold Coast, port unspecified
First place of slave landing Cap Français
Second place of slave landing Port-au-Prince
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Cap Français
Place where voyage ended Bordeaux
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 Saint-Domingue
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Saint-Domingue
Region where voyage ended France
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1767
Date voyage began 1766-03-04
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1767-01-12
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1767-02-13
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 314
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Coudein, Jean
Meyronet, Joseph
Crew at voyage outset 28
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 1
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 212
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 185
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 191
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 185
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 24.9%
Percentage women IMP 19.5%
Percentage boys IMP 23.8%
Percentage girls IMP 31.9%
Percentage male IMP 48.6%
Percentage children IMP 55.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources ADGB,AdG, v. 6B1942, 6B1538, 6B1539, 6B1713, 6B1570, 6B435:

Archives Départementales Gironde (Bordeaux)


Affiches Américaines, nos 1 and 3, 1767:

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).