Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10544 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Enigheid | |
Flag | Netherlands | |
Flag IMP | Netherlands | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Snauw | |
Tonnage | 178 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 356 | |
Guns mounted | 14 | |
Vessel owners | Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Natural hazard | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (natural hazard) | |
African resistance | Insurrection planned, but thwarted | |
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Zeeland |
First place of slave purchase | Malembo | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
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 | Netherlands, port unspecified | |
Region where voyage began IMP | Netherlands | |
First region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
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 | Netherlands | |
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1767 |
Date voyage began | 1766-02-08 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1766-09-12 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1767-03-18 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1767-05-26 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1767-08-10 | |
Date voyage completed | 1767-11-07 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 472 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 69 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Molder, Willem de |
Crew at voyage outset | 37 | |
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 | 315 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 315 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 262 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 252 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 266 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 37.7% |
Percentage women IMP | 31.3% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 19.0% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 11.9% | |
Percentage male IMP | 56.7% | |
Percentage children IMP | 31.0% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 35.78 | |
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 49 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 16.0% | |
Source | Sources | Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
LList, 18 Feb 1766: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Poortvliet,II,95: Poortvliet, P. F. (ed.), De Bemanning der Schepen van de Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie, 1721-1803, 5 vols. (Zeeland, 1995). Priester,118-24,206-16: 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) Goslinga,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985). MCC,398-400: Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie |