Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 34312
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Espoir
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed Nantes
Year constructed 1821
Place registered Nantes
Year registered
Rig Schooner
Tonnage 109
Standardized tonnage IMP 109
Guns mounted 2
Vessel owners Dennis, Pierre-Thomas
Dutaux
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage French proceedings initiated in France, 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 Santiago de Cuba
First place of slave purchase Gallinhas
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gallinhas
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Santiago de Cuba
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Santiago de Cuba
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Cuba
First region of slave purchase Sierra Leone
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Sierra Leone
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1822
Date voyage began 1822-03-16
Date trade began in Africa 1822-06-05
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1822-08-10
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 147
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Sempreur (a) Lempereur
Leray
Crew at voyage outset 36
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 245
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 234
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 234
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 11
Mortality rate IMP 4.0%
Source Sources Daget:

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


IUP,ST,9/B2/22: Great Britain, Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Slave Trade, vols. 1-90 (Shannon, 1969-74).
ANC,IH,1052-23:

Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Intendencia de Hacienda, Havana, Cuba,