Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 32760
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Empereur
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 431
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Collow, William
Collow, John
Carmichael*
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Le Havre
First place of slave purchase Gold Coast, Fr. definition
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, Fr. definition
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Tobago, port unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Zion Hill
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Other Africa
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Other Africa
First region of slave landing Tobago
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Tobago
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1788
Date voyage began 1788-02-24
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1788-07-11
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 138
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Cambell
Crew at voyage outset 30
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 500
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 417
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 358
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 358
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 39.4%
Percentage women IMP 20.9%
Percentage boys IMP 27.7%
Percentage girls IMP 12.0%
Percentage male IMP 67.0%
Percentage children IMP 39.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
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.
LList, 26 Feb 1788:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 24 June 1788:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 19 Aug 1788:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


Behrendt,63,68: Behrendt, Stephen D.,"The Journal of an African Slaver, 1789-92, and the Gold Coast Slave Trade of William Collow," History in Africa, 22 (1995): 61-71.