Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 31736
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Ville de Bordeaux
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Navio mercante
Tonnage 608
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Romberg, Henry
Bapst*
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 Mozambique
Second place of slave purchase Rio Dande (N of Luanda)
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Mozambique
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Saint-Marc
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Saint-Marc
Place where voyage ended Bordeaux
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase East Africa and Indian Ocean islands
Second region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP East Africa and Indian Ocean islands
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 1790
Date voyage began 1788-09-09
Date trade began in Africa 1789-03-??
Date vessel departed Africa 1789-08-15
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1790-03-04
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 541
Middle passage (days) IMP 201
Captain and Crew Captain's name Abeille, Joseph
Duranteau, Jacques
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
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 533
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 446
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 446
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 56.07
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
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.
Saugera,351-62:

Saugera, éric, Bordeaux, port négrier. Chronologie, économie, idéologie, XVIIe-XIXe siècles (Paris, 1995).


CapelaNotes:

Capela, José, Archival notes on the slave trade from Mozambique.


AHU,Moçambique, 1a secção, Cx 59 No 19 & 42:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)