Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 31943 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Amitié | |
Flag | France | |
Flag IMP | France | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | 218 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | La Coudrais (Père) La Coudrais (Fils Aîné)* |
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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 | Honfleur |
First place of slave purchase | Saint-Louis | |
Second place of slave purchase | Iles de Los | |
Third place of slave purchase | Gabon | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Gabon | |
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 | Le Havre | |
Region where voyage began IMP | France | |
First region of slave purchase | Senegambia and offshore Atlantic | |
Second region of slave purchase | Sierra Leone | |
Third region of slave purchase | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea 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 | 1785 |
Date voyage began | 1784-02-13 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1784-04-08 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1785-02-10 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1785-05-11 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1785-09-21 | |
Date voyage completed | 1785-11-26 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 453 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 90 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Plet, Ch-Fr |
Crew at voyage outset | 43 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | 14 | |
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 | 323 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 245 | |
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 | 245 | |
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 | 53.68 | |
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.
Foache: Foache, Stanislas, Réflexions sur le commerce, la navigation et les colonies (Paris, 1787). MCC,429: Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie |