Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 32950 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Gloire | |
Flag | France | |
Flag IMP | France | |
Place constructed | Lorient | |
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Fregat | |
Tonnage | 400 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 453 | |
Guns mounted | 20 | |
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 | Slave insurrection | |
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 | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Martinique, place unspecified | |
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 | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Martinique | |
Region where voyage ended | France | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1739 |
Date voyage began | 1739-05-25 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1739-06-14 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1739-08-11 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1739-09-20 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1740-07-18 | |
Date voyage completed | 1740-08-28 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 118 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 40 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Fontené, C. Boquet de |
Crew at voyage outset | 82 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
Crew deaths during voyage | 23 | |
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 | 600 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 600 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 531 | |
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 | 553 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 54.6% |
Percentage women IMP | 26.6% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 10.9% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 7.9% | |
Percentage male IMP | 65.5% | |
Percentage children IMP | 18.8% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 47 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 8.0% | |
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,198,208,223: Le Tréhour, Nolwenn, “La traite des Noirs lorientaise au temps de la Compagnie des Indes (1720-1770),” MA dissertation (Université de Bretagne-Sud, 1999) |