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