Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10221
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 Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of slaves or during slaving
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves perished with ship
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Natural hazard
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Original goal thwarted (natural hazard)
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Texel
First place of slave purchase Accra
Second place of slave purchase Elmina
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Elmina
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
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
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
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1738
Date voyage began 1737-03-10
Date trade began in Africa 1737-06-15
Date vessel departed Africa 1737-11-19
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1738-01-04
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 300
Middle passage (days) IMP 46
Captain and Crew Captain's name Lodewijksz, Lodewijk
Outjes, Jochem
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 200
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 500
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 700
Total slaves embarked IMP 700
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 14
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 14
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 14
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 686
Mortality rate IMP 98.0%
Source Sources Balai, 182-220:

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).
Winter,199: Van Winter, P. J., De Westindische Compagnie ter kamer Stad en Lande ('s-Gravenhage, 1978).
Goslinga,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985).
Postma,164,242,304-401: 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.