Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10344 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Vrijheid | |
Flag | Netherlands | |
Flag IMP | Netherlands | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Hekboot | |
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | 20 | |
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 | Berbice | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Berbice | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
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 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 | 1722 |
Date voyage began | 1721-02-19 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1721-05-01 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1721-11-14 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1722-01-31 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1722-??-?? | |
Date voyage completed | 1722-??-?? | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 346 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 78 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Buttel, Christoffel de |
Crew at voyage outset | 66 | |
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 | 433 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 433 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 400 | |
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 | 400 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 63.5% |
Percentage women IMP | 26.0% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 8.5% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 2.0% | |
Percentage male IMP | 72.0% | |
Percentage children IMP | 10.5% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 33 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 8.0% | |
Source | Sources | Postma,304-401: 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. ARA,Radermacher,576: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Collectie Radermacher Goslinga,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985). Postma,1970:229-240: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990). |