Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 32911
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Saint Louis
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed Saint-Malo
Year constructed 1714
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fregat
Tonnage 250
Standardized tonnage IMP 365
Guns mounted 12
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 Saint-Louis
Second place of slave purchase Gorée
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gorée
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Martinique, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Cayes (Les)
Third place of slave landing La Balise
Principal place of slave landing IMP La Balise
Place where voyage ended Lorient
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing Martinique
Second region of slave landing Saint-Domingue
Third region of slave landing Gulf coast
Principal region of slave landing IMP Gulf coast
Region where voyage ended France
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1730
Date voyage began 1729-07-10
Date trade began in Africa 1729-08-10
Date vessel departed Africa 1730-09-14
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1730-10-20
Date vessel departed for homeport 1731-05-04
Date voyage completed 1731-07-05
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 467
Middle passage (days) IMP 36
Captain and Crew Captain's name Breban, E
Crew at voyage outset 52
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 6
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 361
Total slaves embarked IMP 361
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 327
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 102
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 45
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing 180
Total slaves disembarked IMP 327
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 79.7%
Percentage women IMP 20.3%
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 79.7%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 34
Mortality rate IMP 9.0%
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,92-94,392-93: Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo, Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century (Baton Rouge, 1992).
LeTréhour,198,206,219: Le Tréhour, Nolwenn, “La traite des Noirs lorientaise au temps de la Compagnie des Indes (1720-1770),” MA dissertation (Université de Bretagne-Sud, 1999)