Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10262
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Rachel
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
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
First place of slave purchase Ardra
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Ardra
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
First region of slave purchase Bight of Benin
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Bight of Benin
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 1691
Date voyage began 1691-01-03
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1691-11-09
Date vessel departed for homeport 1692-??-??
Date voyage completed 1692-06-12
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 310
Middle passage (days) IMP 204
Captain and Crew Captain's name Hincke, Pieter Gijsbertsz
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 460
Total slaves embarked IMP 460
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 445
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 445
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 68.0%
Percentage women IMP 31.0%
Percentage boys IMP 0.7%
Percentage girls IMP 0.2%
Percentage male IMP 68.7%
Percentage children IMP 1.0%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 15
Mortality rate IMP 3.3%
Source Sources Postma,1970:229-40: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
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.
VanDantzig,36: 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).
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).