Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Database
Voyage 10956, Prins Willem de Vijfde (1752)
Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 10956
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Prins Willem de Vijfde
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fregat
Tonnage 144
Standardized tonnage IMP 288
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 Windward Coast, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Third place of slave purchase Anomabu
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Windward Coast, place unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Suriname, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Suriname, place unspecified
Place where voyage ended Zeeland
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold 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 Netherlands
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1752
Date voyage began 1751-12-11
Date trade began in Africa 1752-02-15
Date vessel departed Africa 1752-08-25
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1752-10-27
Date vessel departed for homeport 1753-01-27
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 321
Middle passage (days) IMP 63
Captain and Crew Captain's name Jacobse, Adriaan
Crew at voyage outset 36
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage 2
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase 111
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 95
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 54
Total slaves embarked 256
Total slaves embarked IMP 256
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 245
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 245
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 245
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 35.1%
Percentage women IMP 40.0%
Percentage boys IMP 16.7%
Percentage girls IMP 8.2%
Percentage male IMP 51.8%
Percentage children IMP 24.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 41.18
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 11
Mortality rate IMP 4.0%
Source Sources Postma,165,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Raak,107-14: Raak, Chris, Adriaan Jacobze: Slavenhaler in dienst van de Middelburgse Commercie Compagnie, 1750-1770: een biografische benadering van de Nederlandse Slavenhandel (Amsterdam, 1989).
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).
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,968-72:

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