Jean-François Landolphe (5 February 1747 – 13 July 1825) was a

French Navy The French Navy (, , ), informally (, ), is the Navy, maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of History of France, France. It is among the largest and most powerful List of navies, naval forces i ...

officer and slave trader. In 1786 he was sent to the coast of Africa to set up

trading post A trading post, trading station, or trading house, also known as a factory in European and colonial contexts, is an establishment or settlement where goods and services could be traded. Typically a trading post allows people from one geogr ...

s as part of the

Atlantic slave trade The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of Slavery in Africa, enslaved African people to the Americas. European slave ships regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Pass ...

. He was defeated by a British force in the

action of 4 August 1800 The action of 4 August 1800 was a highly unusual naval engagement that took place off the Brazilian coast during the French Revolutionary Wars. A French frigate force that had been raiding British commerce off West Africa approached and attemp ...

. He published his ''Memoires'' in 1823.

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1747 births 1825 deaths French naval commanders of the Napoleonic Wars French slave traders {{France-mil-bio-stub