Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10941 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Philadelphia | |
Flag | Netherlands | |
Flag IMP | Netherlands | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Fregat | |
Tonnage | 160 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 320 | |
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 | Cap Lopez And Cabo Santa Catarina | |
Second place of slave purchase | Loango | |
Third place of slave purchase | Malembo | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Malembo | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | Curaçao | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | Curaçao | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | Netherlands | |
First region of slave purchase | Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands | |
Second region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
Third region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
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 | 1763 |
Date voyage began | 1762-04-12 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1762-07-11 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1762-11-13 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1763-01-11 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1763-??-?? | |
Date voyage completed | 1763-07-07 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 274 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 59 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Wolf, Frans Verdonk, Philippus |
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 | 7 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 119 | |
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | 232 | |
Total slaves embarked | ||
Total slaves embarked IMP | 358 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 329 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 329 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 37.1% |
Percentage women IMP | 22.8% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 24.6% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 15.5% | |
Percentage male IMP | 61.7% | |
Percentage children IMP | 40.1% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 32.93 | |
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | ||
Mortality rate IMP | ||
Source | Sources | Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Unger,II,107-8: 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,929,931-5: Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie |