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 |