Logbook of the Bordeaux slaver Le Patriote

The slaver Le Patriot, equipped by the Journu brothers, left the Gironde on 10^th October 1788 bound for the Seychelles, Puducherry, Mauritius, Reunion, the Cape of Good Hope, Ascension Island and the Antilles.

The logbook covers the period from the ship's departure from Mauritius on 10^th April 1789 until its arrival in Bordeaux on 17^th February 1791. The ship had taken on board 216 black slaves. 61 deaths are mentioned during the ship's passage. Around 150 black slaves were sold; 14 at the Cape of Good Hope and the others at Martinique and Santo Domingo.