Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10620
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Granadier
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fregat
Tonnage 124
Standardized tonnage IMP 248
Guns mounted 10
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
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Vlissingen
First place of slave purchase Cess
Second place of slave purchase Malembo
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Malembo
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 Zeeland
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase West Central Africa and St. Helena
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
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 Netherlands
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1749
Date voyage began 1748-08-17
Date trade began in Africa 1748-11-05
Date vessel departed Africa 1749-10-10
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1749-11-22
Date vessel departed for homeport 1750-03-17
Date voyage completed 1750-06-06
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 462
Middle passage (days) IMP 43
Captain and Crew Captain's name Steenhof, Albert
Crew at voyage outset 31
Crew at first landing of slaves 29
Crew deaths during voyage 4
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 9
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 345
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 270
Total slaves embarked IMP 270
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 212
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 197
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 212
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 49.0%
Percentage women IMP 27.6%
Percentage boys IMP 15.8%
Percentage girls IMP 7.7%
Percentage male IMP 64.8%
Percentage children IMP 23.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 20.52
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 58
Mortality rate IMP 21.0%
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).
VanProoijen: Reinders Folmer-van Prooijen, Corrie, Van goederenhandel naar slavenhandel. De Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie 1720-1755 (Leiden 2000).
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)
MCC,455-460:

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