Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10621
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 136
Standardized tonnage IMP 272
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 Middelburg
First place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Cape Lahou
Third place of slave purchase Elmina
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Lahou
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Berbice
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Berbice
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Third region of slave purchase Gold Coast
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 1752
Date voyage began 1751-01-03
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1752-??-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1752-??-??
Date voyage completed 1752-05-09
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Kerkhoven, Jan 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 58
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 173
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 58
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 289
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 273
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 273
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 52.4%
Percentage women IMP 39.9%
Percentage boys IMP 3.7%
Percentage girls IMP 4.0%
Percentage male IMP 56.0%
Percentage children IMP 7.7%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 32.37
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Postma,166,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Priester,118-24: 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)
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).
MCC,461-5:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie