Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10182
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name S João Batista e Almas (a) Helena
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Patacho
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners West-Indische Compagnie
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Captured by Dutch - before slaves embarked
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Dutch
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (human agency)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Lisbon
First place of slave purchase Elmina
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Elmina
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 Netherlands, port unspecified
Region where voyage began IMP Portugal
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
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 Netherlands
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1728
Date voyage began 1727-08-08
Date trade began in Africa 1727-11-15
Date vessel departed Africa 1728-01-31
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1728-03-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1728-??-??
Date voyage completed 1728-10-10
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Farto, José Ramalho
Phelan, Edmund
Booms, Anthony
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 250
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 210
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 210
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 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).
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.
ARA,NBKG,237: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guiné
AHU,SãoTomé,Cx.5,D.45:

Arquivo Historico Ultramarino (Lisboa)


Schwartz,Postma,p.179: Schwartz, Stuart B., and Johannes Postma,"The Dutch Republic and Brazil as Commercial Partners on the West African Coast During the Eighteenth Century," in Johannes Postma and Victor Enthoven (eds.), Riches from Atlantic Commerce: Dutch Transatlantic Trade and Shipping, 1585-1817 (Leiden, 2003).
ARA,VWIS,929: Annual Register, 1762, 1792.