Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 31557
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Bussac
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Bordeaux
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 70
Standardized tonnage IMP 128
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Bussac, Simon Rocaute de
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 Cabinda
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cabinda
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 Bordeaux
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 France
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1769
Date voyage began 1768-05-05
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1769-03-06
Date vessel departed for homeport 1769-04-26
Date voyage completed 1769-06-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 305
Middle passage (days) IMP 53
Captain and Crew Captain's name Castaing, François
Crew at voyage outset
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 189
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 165
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 165
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 39.8%
Percentage women IMP 18.7%
Percentage boys IMP 33.1%
Percentage girls IMP 8.4%
Percentage male IMP 72.9%
Percentage children IMP 41.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources ADGB,AdG,Amiraute de Guyenne, 6B1553, 6B1601, 6B1612, 6B2052:

Archives Départementales Gironde (Bordeaux)


AABM, 1769 June 15, p. 98:

Bibliothèque Municipale de Mériadeck, Bordeaux, Annonces, affiches et avis divers pour la ville de Bordeaux


Affiches Américaines, nos 10, 11, 17, 1769 March 8, March 15, May 1:

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).