Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10528
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Drie Gezusters
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 122
Standardized tonnage IMP 244
Guns mounted 16
Vessel owners Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by British - after disembarkation
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP British
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Vlissingen
First place of slave purchase Cap Lopez
Second place of slave purchase Boary
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Boary
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing St. Eustatius
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Eustatius
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands
Second region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing Dutch Caribbean
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dutch Caribbean
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1758
Date voyage began 1757-06-24
Date trade began in Africa 1757-09-16
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1758-04-14
Date vessel departed for homeport 1758-07-06
Date voyage completed 1759-11-04
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 294
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Santleven, Hendrik
Heelen, Hendrik J
Crew at voyage outset 39
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 1
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 405
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 405
Total slaves embarked IMP 405
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 402
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 393
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 402
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 50.9%
Percentage women IMP 31.3%
Percentage boys IMP 12.2%
Percentage girls IMP 5.6%
Percentage male IMP 63.1%
Percentage children IMP 17.8%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 14.63
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 3
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Goslinga,424,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985).
Unger,II,109-13: Unger, W. S.,"Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenandel, II" Economisch-Historisch Jaarboek, 28 (1958-60).
VanProoijen: Reinders Folmer-van Prooijen, Corrie, Van goederenhandel naar slavenhandel. De Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie 1720-1755 (Leiden 2000).
Priester,206-16: Priester, L. R., “De Nederlandse houding ten aanzien van de slavenhandel en slavernij, 1596-1863: het gedrag van de slavenhandelaren van de Commercie Compagnie van Middelburg in de 18e eeuw,” MA dissertation (Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, 1986)
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