Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 33115
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Aurore
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 200
Standardized tonnage IMP 305
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Delacour Vieux
Compagnie d'Occident
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 Saint-Malo
First place of slave purchase Cape Lahou
Second place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Louisiana
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Louisiana
Place where voyage ended Lorient
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
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 1719
Date voyage began 1718-07-??
Date trade began in Africa 1718-08-28
Date vessel departed Africa 1718-11-30
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1719-06-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1719-10-04
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Herpin
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 11
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 201
Total slaves embarked IMP 201
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 200
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 200
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 1
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.
Hall,63,382: Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo, Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century (Baton Rouge, 1992).
Roman,annexe 1: Roman, Alain, Saint-Malo au temps des négriers (Paris, 2001).