Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10912 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Nieuwe Hoop | |
Flag | Netherlands | |
Flag IMP | Netherlands | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Snauw | |
Tonnage | 164 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 374 | |
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 | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Zeeland |
First place of slave purchase | Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount) | |
Second place of slave purchase | Windward Coast, place unspecified | |
Third place of slave purchase | Gold Coast, port unspecified | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Cape Mount (Cape Grand Mount) | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | St. Eustatius | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | St. Eustatius | |
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 Caribbean | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Dutch Caribbean | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1780 |
Date voyage began | 1779-03-05 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1779-05-18 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1779-11-05 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1780-01-12 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1780-??-?? | |
Date voyage completed | 1780-05-20 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 313 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 68 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Goodwill, Robert |
Crew at voyage outset | 32 | |
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 | 63 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 159 | |
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | 75 | |
Total slaves embarked | 290 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 290 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 283 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 283 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 283 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 42.8% |
Percentage women IMP | 36.7% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 13.8% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 6.7% | |
Percentage male IMP | 56.5% | |
Percentage children IMP | 20.5% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 21.96 | |
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 7 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 2.0% | |
Source | Sources | Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Goslinga,426,610-47: 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,Aanwinsten,2093: Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Aanwinsten 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,858-62: Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie |