Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10463
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Brandenburg
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Hoeker
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Middelburgsche Commercie 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 Zeeland
First place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Axim
Third place of slave purchase Elmina
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast, place unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Essequibo
Second place of slave landing Demerara
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Demerara
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast
First region of slave landing Dutch Guianas
Second region of slave landing British Guiana
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP British Guiana
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1792
Date voyage began 1791-06-16
Date trade began in Africa 1791-08-18
Date vessel departed Africa 1792-07-04
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1792-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1793-??-??
Date voyage completed 1793-09-05
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Gerritsen, Alexander
Crew at voyage outset 38
Crew at first landing of slaves 36
Crew deaths during voyage 3
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 148
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 7
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 76
Total slaves embarked 223
Total slaves embarked IMP 223
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 202
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 202
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 45.3%
Percentage women IMP 34.8%
Percentage boys IMP 11.9%
Percentage girls IMP 8.0%
Percentage male IMP 57.2%
Percentage children IMP 19.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 77.8
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 16
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
LList, 4 Jan 1793:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


Goslinga,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985).
Unger,II,109-13: Unger, W. S.,"Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenandel, II" Economisch-Historisch Jaarboek, 28 (1958-60).
MCC,292:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie


MCC,287-92:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie