Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10231 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Nieuwe Post | |
Flag | Netherlands | |
Flag IMP | Netherlands | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Hekboot | |
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
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 | Loango | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Loango | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Curaçao | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Curaçao | |
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 | 1716 |
Date voyage began | 1715-04-28 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1715-07-26 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | ||
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1716-02-09 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1716-??-?? | |
Date voyage completed | 1716-06-01 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 287 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Zeerat, Thomas van |
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 | 532 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 513 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 506 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 513 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 53.7% |
Percentage women IMP | 19.5% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 21.1% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 5.7% | |
Percentage male IMP | 74.8% | |
Percentage children IMP | 26.8% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 19 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 4.0% | |
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). Noordhoff,54-5: Noordhoff, L. J.,"Thomas van Seeratt. Zijn levensloop en zijn betekenis voor de provincie Groningen," Groningse Volksalmanak (1961). Winter,187: Van Winter, P. J., De Westindische Compagnie ter kamer Stad en Lande ('s-Gravenhage, 1978). VanDantzig,1968:84: Van Dantzig, Albert, Het Nederlandse aandeel in de slavenhandel (Bussum, 1968). Goslinga,Curacao,43,45-50: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch.,"Curaçao as a slave-trading center during the war of the Spanish succession (1702-1714)," Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, 52 (1977-8): 1-50. |