Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10017
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Africa
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Pinas
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners West-Indische Compagnie
Abrahamsen, Hereman*
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 Texel
First place of slave purchase Congo North
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Congo North
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Curaçao
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Curaçao
Place where voyage ended Texel
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase
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 Netherlands
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1676
Date voyage began 1675-05-02
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa 1675-12-12
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1676-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1676-03-18
Date voyage completed 1676-05-15
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Pietersz, Reijer
Carstensen, Claas
Crew at voyage outset
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
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 524
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 477
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources BDB178: Binder, Franz, Dataset of 17th century Dutch slave trading voyages, currently deposited at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation (Hull)
Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Heijer,1997,389-420: Den Heijer, Henk, Goud, ivoor en slaven. Scheepvaart en handel van de Tweede Westindische Compagnie op Afrika, 1674-1740 (Zutphen, 1997).
HDB: Den Heijer, Henk (University of Leiden), Dataset of slave trading voyages of the second Dutch West India Company.