Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 31548 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Espérance | |
Flag | France | |
Flag IMP | France | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 92 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 168 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Couturier, Isaac Couturier, François |
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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 | Gabon | |
Second place of slave purchase | Gold Coast, Fr. definition | |
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Africa, port unspecified | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Léogane | |
Second place of slave landing | Cap Français | |
Third place of slave landing | Léogane | |
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Léogane | |
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 | Other Africa | |
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Other Africa | |
First region of slave landing | Saint-Domingue | |
Second region of slave landing | Saint-Domingue | |
Third region of slave landing | Saint-Domingue | |
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Saint-Domingue | |
Region where voyage ended | France | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1769 |
Date voyage began | 1767-07-07 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1768-04-?? | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1769-02-19 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1769-05-04 | |
Date voyage completed | 1769-07-05 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 593 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Denugon, Elie Habrad, Elie |
Crew at voyage outset | 19 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | 7 | |
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 | 75 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 66 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 58 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 66 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 27.6% |
Percentage women IMP | 36.2% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 24.1% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 12.1% | |
Percentage male IMP | 51.7% | |
Percentage children IMP | 36.2% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
Mortality rate IMP | ||
Source | Sources | ADG,AdG, v. 6B1544, 6B445, 6B1615, 6B1665, 6B1681, 6B2052, 6B1600, 6B1598: Archives Départementales de la Gironde Bordeaux, France Affiches Américaines, no. 7, 1769.02.15., no. 8, 1769.02.22., no. 18, 1769.05.03.: 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). |