Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10590
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Geertruida en Christina
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fregat
Tonnage 214
Standardized tonnage IMP 484
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 Popo
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Paramaribo
Second place of slave landing St. Eustatius
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Paramaribo
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 Bight of Benin
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast
First region of slave landing Dutch Guianas
Second region of slave landing Dutch Caribbean
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dutch Guianas
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1775
Date voyage began 1774-05-09
Date trade began in Africa 1774-07-03
Date vessel departed Africa 1775-05-18
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1775-07-09
Date vessel departed for homeport 1776-01-08
Date voyage completed 1776-02-22
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 426
Middle passage (days) IMP 52
Captain and Crew Captain's name Noordhoek, Johannes
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 72
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 150
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 123
Total slaves embarked 335
Total slaves embarked IMP 335
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 286
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 260
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing 12
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 286
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 43.8%
Percentage women IMP 41.9%
Percentage boys IMP 8.8%
Percentage girls IMP 5.5%
Percentage male IMP 52.6%
Percentage children IMP 14.3%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 40.07
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 49
Mortality rate IMP 15.0%
Source Sources Postma,166,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Poortvliet,II,102: Poortvliet, P. F. (ed.), De Bemanning der Schepen van de Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie, 1721-1803, 5 vols. (Zeeland, 1995).
Goslinga,610-47: Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985).
Unger,II,109-13,147: Unger, W. S.,"Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenandel, II" Economisch-Historisch Jaarboek, 28 (1958-60).
ARA,Aanwinsten,2093: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Aanwinsten
MCC,418-21:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie