Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 34061
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Gaston
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed Nantes
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 162
Standardized tonnage IMP 162
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Despécher
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Left home port, no further record
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP No information on slaves
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Unknown
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Delivered slaves for original owners
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Nantes
First place of slave purchase
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Princes Island
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Havana
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Havana
Place where voyage ended Saint-Malo
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
First region of slave landing Cuba
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Cuba
Region where voyage ended France
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1819
Date voyage began 1818-10-21
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1819-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1819-06-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Bernard-Duhautcilly
Crew at voyage outset 12
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
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
Total slaves embarked IMP 318
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 265
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
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources ANSOM, Généralités 154/1289:

Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (Aix-en-Chapelles)


ADLA, IM 2389:

Archives Départmentales Loire-Atlantique (Nantes)


ANParis, Marine, v. GG, 2, 37:

Archives Nationales (Paris)


ANParis, Marine, GG 2 37:

Archives Nationales (Paris)


Daget:

Daget Serge, Répertoire des expéditions négrières françaises à la traite illégale 1814-1850 (Nantes, 1988)