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
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).