February 5, 1747 - Jean-François Landolphe
A French naval officer who extended his career into the Atlantic slave trade, Landolphe represents the institutional machinery that sustained one of history's most destructive commerce systems — state-sanctioned, professionally organized, and operating at scale. His 1786 mission to establish African trading posts illustrates how the trade relied not on rogue actors but on disciplined functionaries operating within official frameworks.
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Jean-François Landolphe (5 February 1747 – 13 July 1825) was a French Navy officer and slave trader. In 1786 he was sent to the coast of Africa to set up trading posts as part of the Atlantic slave trade. He was defeated by a British force in the action of 4 August 1800. He published his Memoires in 1823.
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