Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10616
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Goede Verwachting
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Barque (Dutch)
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners West-Indische Compagnie
Louyssen, Abraham
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
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Vlissingen
First place of slave purchase Elmina
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Elmina
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Essequibo
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Essequibo
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Gold 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 1767
Date voyage began 1765-11-15
Date trade began in Africa 1766-04-18
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1767-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Steen, Jan van der
Churchill, Edward
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
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 228
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 28
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 28
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Binder:ARA,VWIS, v. 48:

Nationaal Archief (The Hague), Verspreide West-Indische Stukken


Priester,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)
Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
ARA,NBKG,242:18/4/66,19/8/66: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Nederlandse Bezittingen ter Kuste van Guiné
ARA,Aanwinsten,2093: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Aanwinsten