Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 34281
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Amélie
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Galliot
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage French proceedings initiated in Martinique, condemned
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP French
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Saint-Pierre
First place of slave purchase Bonny
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bonny
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
Region where voyage began IMP Martinique
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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 Martinique
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Martinique
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1822
Date voyage began 1821-07-21
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1822-02-06
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 200
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Anglade, André-Joseph
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase 280
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 245
Total slaves embarked IMP 245
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 227
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 227
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 55.9%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 18
Mortality rate IMP 7.3%
Source Sources David, 96:

DAVID, Abbé Bernard, Les origines de la population martiniquaise au fil des ans, 1635-1902 (Martinique, 1973)


Moniteur, 1822, 8 June, p. 813:

Moniteur universel


ANOM, Généralités 154/1286; Généralités 199/1491 no 56:

ANOM (Aix-en-Chapelle) Archives nationales d'outre-mer


ACM, Papiers Fleuriau:

Archives Départementales Charente-Maritimes (La Rochelle)


Daget:

Répertoire des expéditions négrières françaises à la traite illégale (Nantes, 1988)


Thesée,21-38:

Thésée Françoise, Les Ibos d'Amélie


Azuonye: Azuonye, Chukwuma, "Igbo Names in the Nominal Roll of Amelié, An Early 19th Century Slave Ship from Martinique: Reconstructions, Interpretations and Inferences" (1990), Africana Studies Faculty Publication Series. Paper 8 http://scholarworks.umb.edu/africana_faculty_pubs/8