Following the abolition of the transatlantic trade in African captives, slave traders from France, Spain and Cuba devised strategies of concealment to perpetuate and even expand their enterprise. A close reading of the unexpurgated logbooks and business correspondence of the Jeune Louis, a French ship that transported more than three hundred captives from the Bight of Biafra to Havana in 1825, identifies three decisive innovations in the Franco-Cuban branch of the illegal slave trade. Transnational business structure, risk management through honour-based marine insurance policies, and redacted record keeping transformed the wider Atlantic slave-trading sector into one capable of eluding attempts at international suppression. The clandestine techniques that this transnational slaving network developed to skirt the law also distorted the archival record of that traffic. Accounting for the resulting distortions and disappearances will enable future researchers to better navigate them.

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十九世纪法国非法贩卖奴隶的商业档案

随着非洲俘虏跨大西洋贸易的废除，来自法国、西班牙和古巴的奴隶贩子设计了隐瞒策略，以延续甚至扩大他们的企业。仔细阅读Jeune Louis未删减的航海日志和商务信函1825 年，一艘法国船只将三百多名俘虏从比夫拉湾运送到哈瓦那，确定了非法奴隶贸易的法古分支中的三项决定性创新。跨国业务结构、通过基于荣誉的海上保险单进行风险管理以及经过编辑的记录保存将更广泛的大西洋奴隶贸易部门转变为能够躲避国际压制的部门。这个跨国奴役网络为规避法律而开发的秘密技术也扭曲了该交易的档案记录。解释由此产生的扭曲和消失将使未来的研究人员能够更好地导航。