Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10478
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Christoffel
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage 120
Standardized tonnage IMP 240
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Wulphert, Jacobus Thobiassen
Wulphert, Jan
Wulphert, Pieter Thobiassen
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 Vlissingen
First place of slave purchase Loango
Second place of slave purchase Malembo
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Malembo
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Suriname, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Suriname, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Second region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
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 1760
Date voyage began 1759-06-15
Date trade began in Africa 1759-??-??
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1760-03-19
Date vessel departed for homeport 1760-07-04
Date voyage completed 1760-09-15
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 278
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Beekman, Nicolaas
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 429
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
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
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).
Goslinga,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985).
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)
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Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie