Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10215
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 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 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 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 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 1726
Date voyage began 1725-08-05
Date trade began in Africa 1725-09-25
Date vessel departed Africa 1725-11-01
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1726-01-20
Date vessel departed for homeport 1726-04-22
Date voyage completed 1726-06-07
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 168
Middle passage (days) IMP 80
Captain and Crew Captain's name 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 747
Total slaves embarked IMP 747
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 676
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 676
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 61.4%
Percentage women IMP 21.9%
Percentage boys IMP 13.9%
Percentage girls IMP 2.8%
Percentage male IMP 75.3%
Percentage children IMP 16.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 71
Mortality rate IMP 9.5%
Source Sources Balai, 156-60:

Balai, Leo, Het Slavenschip Leusden. Slavenschepen en de West-Indische Compagnie, 1720-1738 ( Zutphen, 2011)


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,Radermacher,575,576: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Collectie Radermacher
Postma,1970:229-240: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
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).