Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10123
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Emmenes
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted 20
Vessel owners West-Indische 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 Vlissingen
First place of slave purchase Whydah, Ouidah
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Whydah, Ouidah
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 Vlissingen
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
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 1718
Date voyage began 1717-05-15
Date trade began in Africa 1717-11-01
Date vessel departed Africa 1717-11-23
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1718-03-27
Date vessel departed for homeport 1718-??-??
Date voyage completed 1718-06-30
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 316
Middle passage (days) IMP 124
Captain and Crew Captain's name Sitter, Jan de
Belle, Pieter
Crew at voyage outset 70
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 683
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 449
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 449
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 51.5%
Percentage women IMP 24.8%
Percentage boys IMP 15.3%
Percentage girls IMP 8.4%
Percentage male IMP 66.9%
Percentage children IMP 23.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 234
Mortality rate IMP 34.0%
Source Sources Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Goslinga,184,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985).
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.
VanDantzig,197: Van Dantzig, Albert, The Dutch and the Guinea Coast, 1674-1742: A Collection of Documents from the General State Archive at the Hague (Accra, 1978).