Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 10965 |
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 | 158 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 316 | |
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 | Vlissingen |
First place of slave purchase | Loango | |
Second place of slave purchase | ||
Third place of slave purchase | ||
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Loango | |
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 | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
Second region of slave purchase | ||
Third region of slave purchase | ||
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
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 | 1770 |
Date voyage began | 1769-04-07 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1769-09-14 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1770-03-02 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1770-05-12 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | 1770-07-10 | |
Date voyage completed | 1770-09-15 | |
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 400 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 71 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Pietersen, Cornelis Loef, Cornelis |
Crew at voyage outset | ||
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 | ||
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | ||
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 377 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 377 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 298 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | 288 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 313 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 38.2% |
Percentage women IMP | 20.5% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 28.5% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 12.8% | |
Percentage male IMP | 66.7% | |
Percentage children IMP | 41.3% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 40.06 | |
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 64 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 17.0% | |
Source | Sources | Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Poortvliet,IV,376-7: Poortvliet, P. F. (ed.), De Bemanning der Schepen van de Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie, 1721-1803, 5 vols. (Zeeland, 1995). Goslinga,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 MCC,523,1013,1307: Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie |