Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10542 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Enigheid | |
Flag | Netherlands | |
Flag IMP | Netherlands | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Snauw | |
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Voyage completed as intended |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Not captured | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Delivered slaves for original owners | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Zeeland |
First place of slave purchase | Windward Coast, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave purchase | Cape Lahou | |
Third place of slave purchase | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Cape Lahou | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Berbice | |
Second place of slave landing | Essequibo | |
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Berbice | |
Place where voyage ended | Vlissingen | |
Region where voyage began IMP | Netherlands | |
First region of slave purchase | Windward Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | Windward Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Windward Coast | |
First region of slave landing | Dutch Guianas | |
Second region of slave landing | Dutch Guianas | |
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Dutch Guianas | |
Region where voyage ended | Netherlands | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1762 |
Date voyage began | 1761-10-02 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1761-12-09 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1762-05-08 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1762-07-09 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1762-10-31 | |
Date voyage completed | 1763-03-26 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 280 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 62 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Menkenveld, Jan |
Crew at voyage outset | 36 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | 31 | |
Crew deaths during voyage | 8 | |
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | 103 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 174 | |
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | 49 | |
Total slaves embarked | 319 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 319 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 298 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 150 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | 143 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 298 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 38.9% |
Percentage women IMP | 41.0% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 13.3% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 6.8% | |
Percentage male IMP | 52.2% | |
Percentage children IMP | 20.1% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 40.29 | |
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 21 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 7.0% | |
Source | Sources | Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
LList, 18 Feb 1763: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Goslinga,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). 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) MCC,383-4: Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie |