Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 32902
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Diane
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed Great Britain, place unspecified
Year constructed 1719
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fregat
Tonnage 300
Standardized tonnage IMP 343
Guns mounted 14
Vessel owners Compagnie des Indes
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 Lorient
First place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing La Balise
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP La Balise
Place where voyage ended Lorient
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
First region of slave landing Gulf coast
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Gulf coast
Region where voyage ended France
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1728
Date voyage began 1727-10-27
Date trade began in Africa 1728-01-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1728-10-11
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1729-04-30
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 350
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Tourneville, J.C. le Neuf de
Cochart de Boissy
Crew at voyage outset 68
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 10
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 516
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 516
Total slaves embarked IMP 516
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 464
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 464
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 52
Mortality rate IMP 10.0%
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.
Hall,389: Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo, Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century (Baton Rouge, 1992).
LeTréhour,197,206,217: Le Tréhour, Nolwenn, “La traite des Noirs lorientaise au temps de la Compagnie des Indes (1720-1770),” MA dissertation (Université de Bretagne-Sud, 1999)