Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - Database
Voyage 11117, Vrouw Johanna Cores (1763)
Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 11117
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Vrouw Johanna Cores
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Fregat
Tonnage 160
Standardized tonnage IMP 320
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 Slave insurrection
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP Zeeland
First place of slave purchase Windward Coast, place unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Cape Lahou
Third place of slave purchase Gold Coast, port unspecified
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Cape Lahou
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Suriname, place unspecified
Second place of slave landing Curaçao
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 Windward Coast
Second region of slave purchase Windward 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 Dutch Caribbean
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dutch Guianas
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1763
Date voyage began 1762-03-16
Date trade began in Africa 1762-05-04
Date vessel departed Africa 1762-12-18
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1763-02-12
Date vessel departed for homeport 1763-06-11
Date voyage completed 1763-08-01
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 333
Middle passage (days) IMP 56
Captain and Crew Captain's name Tuijneman, Jan
Molder, Willem de
Breen, Pieter van
Crew at voyage outset 36
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 33
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 179
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 91
Total slaves embarked 263
Total slaves embarked IMP 263
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 260
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 260
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 260
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 46.5%
Percentage women IMP 48.1%
Percentage boys IMP 3.8%
Percentage girls IMP 1.5%
Percentage male IMP 50.4%
Percentage children IMP 5.4%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 41.93
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 3
Mortality rate IMP 1.0%
Source Sources Postma,166,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Priester,118-24: 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)
Poortvliet,V,468: 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,58,109-13: Unger, W. S.,"Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenandel, II" Economisch-Historisch Jaarboek, 28 (1958-60).
MCC,808,1234-8:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie