Bienfaisant (1826)

Voyage Overview

The French Schooner-brig, Bienfaisant, left Pernambuco in 1824 and purchased 376 enslaved people at Ouidah (no date recorded). The captain, Michel Luzet, sailed the vessel, owned by Manson and Luzet, toward the French Caribbean (no date recorded). Only 335 people survived the Middle Passage. For more information, see Map of 1826.

Archival Resources

As Referenced in Voyages

Daget, Serge, Répertoire des Expéditions Négrières Françaises à la Traite Illégale (1814-1850) (Nantes, 1988).