Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Database
Voyage 11114, Vrouw Johanna Cores (1757)
Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 11114
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Vrouw Johanna Cores
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fregat
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 240
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 Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Suriname, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Suriname, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
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 Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Dutch Guianas
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dutch Guianas
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1757
Date voyage began 1756-02-12
Date trade began in Africa 1756-04-19
Date vessel departed Africa 1756-12-18
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1757-04-26
Date vessel departed for homeport 1757-07-22
Date voyage completed 1757-11-02
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 439
Middle passage (days) IMP 129
Captain and Crew Captain's name Tuijneman, Jan
Crew at voyage outset 36
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 51
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 98
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 133
Total slaves embarked 268
Total slaves embarked IMP 268
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 203
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 203
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 203
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 40.8%
Percentage women IMP 38.6%
Percentage boys IMP 12.0%
Percentage girls IMP 8.7%
Percentage male IMP 52.7%
Percentage children IMP 20.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 27.1
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 65
Mortality rate IMP 24.0%
Source Sources Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
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).
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)
MCC,1217-21:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie