Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 34512
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Hyppolite (a) Francis
Flag France
Flag IMP France
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Brig
Tonnage 153
Standardized tonnage IMP 153
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Vallée, François
Vallée (Fils)*
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of slaves or during slaving
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves perished with ship
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Nantes
First place of slave purchase River Brass
Second place of slave purchase Bonny
Third place of slave purchase Cameroons River
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea Islands, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Santiago de Cuba
Second place of slave landing Nassau
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Nassau
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP France
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Third region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
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 Bahamas
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Bahamas
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1826
Date voyage began 1825-06-10
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1826-01-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Drumel, Henri-René
Crew at voyage outset 26
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 281
Total slaves embarked IMP 281
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 176
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 93
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 176
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP 9.4%
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 2
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources Daget:

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


Dalleo,24: Dalleo, Peter D.,"Africans in the Caribbean: A Preliminary Reassessment of Recaptives in the Bahamas, 1811-1860," Journal of the Bahamas Historical Society, 6 (1984): 15-24.
CO23/75, No 14, Feb 27 1826:

Colonial Office BNA (Kew)