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