Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 11058 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Vergenoegen | |
Flag | Netherlands | |
Flag IMP | Netherlands | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | ||
Year registered | ||
Rig | Fregat | |
Tonnage | 210 | |
Standardized tonnage IMP | 475 | |
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie | |
Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Condemned - Americas after disembarkation |
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Natural hazard | |
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (natural hazard) | |
African resistance | ||
Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | Texel |
First place of slave purchase | Elmina | |
Second place of slave purchase | Loango | |
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 | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | Netherlands | |
First region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | West Central Africa and St. Helena | |
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 | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1795 |
Date voyage began | 1794-03-08 | |
Date trade began in Africa | 1794-??-?? | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1795-01-12 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1795-02-28 | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 357 | |
Middle passage (days) IMP | 47 | |
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Breedau, Carel Klaver, Johannes Gerrit |
Crew at voyage outset | 39 | |
Crew at first landing of slaves | 27 | |
Crew deaths during voyage | ||
Slave (numbers) | Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase | |
Slaves carried from first port of purchase | 3 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 390 | |
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
Total slaves embarked | 367 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 367 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 349 | |
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing | ||
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing | ||
Total slaves disembarked IMP | 349 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 47.3% |
Percentage women IMP | 25.2% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 17.3% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 10.2% | |
Percentage male IMP | 64.6% | |
Percentage children IMP | 27.5% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | 58.03 | |
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 18 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 5.0% | |
Source | Sources | Postma,160-2,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
LList, 9 June 1795: New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England) Unger,II,27,36,40-3,50-2,109-13: Unger, W. S.,"Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenandel, II" Economisch-Historisch Jaarboek, 28 (1958-60). 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,1106-8: Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie |