Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 31648
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Duchesse de Polignac
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 450
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Marion
Brillantais
Marion (Frères)*
Jauge
Dupuy
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 Saint-Malo
First place of slave purchase Malembo
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Malembo
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Port-au-Prince
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Port-au-Prince
Place where voyage ended Saint-Malo
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 1784
Date voyage began 1783-07-17
Date trade began in Africa 1783-09-30
Date vessel departed Africa 1784-03-20
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1784-05-03
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1784-08-23
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 291
Middle passage (days) IMP 44
Captain and Crew Captain's name Ozelle, Charles
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 13
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 648
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 648
Total slaves embarked IMP 648
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 638
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 638
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 10
Mortality rate IMP 2.0%
Source Sources 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.
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Saugera, éric, Bordeaux, port négrier. Chronologie, économie, idéologie, XVIIe-XIXe siècles (Paris, 1995).