Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10212 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Leusden | |
Flag | Netherlands | |
Flag IMP | Netherlands | |
Place constructed | Amsterdam | |
Year constructed | 1719 | |
Place registered | Amsterdam | |
Year registered | 1719 | |
Rig | Fregat | |
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | 12 | |
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 | 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 | St. Eustatius | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | St. Eustatius | |
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 | 1721 |
Date voyage began | 1719-12-26 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1720-06-05 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1721-04-21 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1721-??-?? | |
Date voyage completed | 1721-06-08 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 392 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Thijl, Jacob Schamp, Jan |
Crew at voyage outset | 64 | |
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 | 465 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 465 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 406 | |
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 | 406 | |
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 | 59 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 12.7% | |
Source | Sources | Balai, 141-42: Balai, Leo, Het Slavenschip Leusden. Slavenschepen en de West-Indische Compagnie, 1720-1738 ( Zutphen, 2011) ARA,Radermacher,576: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Collectie Radermacher 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). ARA,NBKG,235: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guiné HDB: Den Heijer, Henk (University of Leiden), Dataset of slave trading voyages of the second Dutch West India Company. Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990). |