Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10446
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Aurora
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fregat
Tonnage 194
Standardized tonnage IMP 440
Guns mounted
Vessel owners
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 Zeeland
First place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Cape Lahou
Third place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Lahou
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing St. Eustatius
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP St. Eustatius
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Third region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast
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
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1777
Date voyage began 1776-06-01
Date trade began in Africa 1776-08-06
Date vessel departed Africa 1776-12-14
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1777-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1777-??-??
Date voyage completed 1777-06-01
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Michielsen, Olfert
Crew at voyage outset 39
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 1
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 95
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 135
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 30
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 260
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 249
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 249
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 41.0%
Percentage women IMP 35.3%
Percentage boys IMP 11.6%
Percentage girls IMP 12.0%
Percentage male IMP 52.6%
Percentage children IMP 23.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 36.49
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Unger,II,109-13: Unger, W. S.,"Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenandel, II" Economisch-Historisch Jaarboek, 28 (1958-60).
Priester,206-16: Priester, L. R., “De Nederlandse houding ten aanzien van de slavenhandel en slavernij, 1596-1863: het gedrag van de slavenhandelaren van de Commercie Compagnie van Middelburg in de 18e eeuw,” MA dissertation (Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, 1986)
ARA,Aanwinsten,2093: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Aanwinsten
MCC,224-5:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie