Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 31566
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Saint Nicolas
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed Bordeaux
Year constructed 1767
Place registered Bordeaux
Year registered 1767
Rig Sénaut
Tonnage 200
Standardized tonnage IMP 305
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Davaugour de Belouan (Dame)
De Belouan, Pierre Davaugour (capitaine et époux)
Jean Foussat for 10 000 pounds
Louis XV (loaned)
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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Bordeaux
First place of slave purchase Gorée
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gorée
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 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 France
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1770
Date voyage began 1769-06-06
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1770-03-05
Date vessel departed for homeport 1770-06-05
Date voyage completed 1770-08-20
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 272
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name De Belouan, Pierre
Maupetit
Le Bret
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 234
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 250
Total slaves embarked IMP 250
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 177
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 177
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 30.8%
Percentage women IMP 27.8%
Percentage boys IMP 24.9%
Percentage girls IMP 16.6%
Percentage male IMP 55.6%
Percentage children IMP 41.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 73
Mortality rate IMP 29.2%
Source Sources Butel, tome 2, note 189:

Butel, Paul, La croissance commerciale bordelaise dans le seconde moitié du 18e siècle (thése d'ètat, Université de Lille, France, 1973)


ADG,AdG, 6B1562 and 1570, 6B1596, 6B1615, 6B1619, 6B1632:

Archives Départementales de la Gironde Bordeaux, France


CdCdG, Fond notarial, 3E 20574, Denunciation of insurance:

Archives Départementales de la Gironde, Bordeaux, France


Affiches Américaines, 1770, nos 10, 12, 29:

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).