Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Database
Voyage 10527, Drie Gezusters (1756)
Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10527
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Drie Gezusters
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 122
Standardized tonnage IMP 244
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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Zeeland
First place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Third place of slave purchase Anomabu
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast, place unspecified
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 Zeeland
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
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dutch Guianas
Region where voyage ended Netherlands
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1756
Date voyage began 1755-09-17
Date trade began in Africa 1755-11-17
Date vessel departed Africa 1756-04-17
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1756-06-20
Date vessel departed for homeport 1756-08-22
Date voyage completed 1756-10-21
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 277
Middle passage (days) IMP 64
Captain and Crew Captain's name Stam, Maarten
Crew at voyage outset 34
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 98
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 44
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 82
Total slaves embarked 228
Total slaves embarked IMP 228
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 212
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 211
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 212
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 57.8%
Percentage women IMP 34.6%
Percentage boys IMP 4.3%
Percentage girls IMP 3.3%
Percentage male IMP 62.1%
Percentage children IMP 7.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 34.09
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 16
Mortality rate IMP 7.0%
Source Sources Postma,166,304-401: 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).
Unger,II,109-13: Unger, W. S.,"Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenandel, II" Economisch-Historisch Jaarboek, 28 (1958-60).
VanProoijen: Reinders Folmer-van Prooijen, Corrie, Van goederenhandel naar slavenhandel. De Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie 1720-1755 (Leiden 2000).
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)
MCC,329-30:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie