Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10592 |
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 | Sold in the Americas after disembarking slaves |
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 | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Middelburg |
First place of slave purchase | Windward Coast, place unspecified | |
Second place of slave purchase | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
Third place of slave purchase | Gabon | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Cape Lahou | |
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 | ||
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 Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
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 | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1785 |
Date voyage began | 1783-08-21 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1783-12-08 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1785-04-29 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1785-06-29 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 678 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 61 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Kakom, Cornelis van |
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 | 211 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 35 | |
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | 30 | |
Total slaves embarked | 242 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 242 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 155 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 145 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 155 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 30.3% |
Percentage women IMP | 37.9% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 25.5% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 6.2% | |
Percentage male IMP | 55.9% | |
Percentage children IMP | 31.7% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 51.46 | |
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 87 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 36.0% | |
Source | Sources | Postma,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). ARA,Spiegel,447: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Archief Van der Spiegel ARA,Aanwinsten,2093: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Aanwinsten MCC,429-35: Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie |