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