Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10218 |
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 | ||
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 | Slave insurrection | |
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Texel |
First place of slave purchase | Elmina | |
Second place of slave purchase | Accra | |
Third place of slave purchase | Jacquin | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Jacquin | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | Elmina | |
First place of slave landing | Paramaribo | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Paramaribo | |
Place where voyage ended | Texel | |
Region where voyage began IMP | Netherlands | |
First region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Third region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Bight of Benin | |
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 | 1731 |
Date voyage began | 1730-10-01 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1731-03-10 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1731-06-13 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1731-08-12 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1731-12-24 | |
Date voyage completed | 1732-02-23 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 315 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 60 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Harmensz, Bruijn |
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 | 90 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 12 | |
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | 527 | |
Total slaves embarked | ||
Total slaves embarked IMP | 629 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 553 | |
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 | 553 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 48.8% |
Percentage women IMP | 38.4% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 9.3% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 3.5% | |
Percentage male IMP | 58.1% | |
Percentage children IMP | 12.8% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 76 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 12.1% | |
Source | Sources | 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).
Balai, 169-71: Balai, Leo, Het Slavenschip Leusden. Slavenschepen en de West-Indische Compagnie, 1720-1738 ( Zutphen, 2011) VanDantzig,253-5: 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). Goslinga,427,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985). Postma,166,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990). HDB: Den Heijer, Henk (University of Leiden), Dataset of slave trading voyages of the second Dutch West India Company. |