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