Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 32874
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Philippe
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed Bayonne
Year constructed 1717
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fregat
Tonnage 300
Standardized tonnage IMP 343
Guns mounted 22
Vessel owners Compagnie des Indes
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Laid up (disarmed) or broken up in the Americas
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 Lorient
First place of slave purchase Saint-Louis
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Saint-Louis
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Léogane
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Léogane
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
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 1725
Date voyage began 1724-08-06
Date trade began in Africa 1724-10-05
Date vessel departed Africa 1725-02-28
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1725-04-16
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 253
Middle passage (days) IMP 47
Captain and Crew Captain's name Constant
Crew at voyage outset 64
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 15
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 300
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 300
Total slaves embarked IMP 300
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 294
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 294
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 83.0%
Percentage women IMP 12.6%
Percentage boys IMP 2.0%
Percentage girls IMP 2.4%
Percentage male IMP 85.0%
Percentage children IMP 4.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 6
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.
LeTréhour,197,215: Le Tréhour, Nolwenn, “La traite des Noirs lorientaise au temps de la Compagnie des Indes (1720-1770),” MA dissertation (Université de Bretagne-Sud, 1999)