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