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