Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 31953
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Deux Soeurs Unies
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 330
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Bermond*
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount)
Second place of slave purchase Sierra Leone estuary
Third place of slave purchase Iles de Los
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Iles de Los
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
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Third region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1786
Date voyage began 1785-12-20
Date trade began in Africa 1786-01-26
Date vessel departed Africa 1786-05-07
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1786-06-26
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 188
Middle passage (days) IMP 50
Captain and Crew Captain's name Barabé
Crew at voyage outset 33
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 120
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 86
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 255
Total slaves embarked 461
Total slaves embarked IMP 461
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 450
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 450
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 11
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.