Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 11132
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Welmenende
Flag Netherlands
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig Snauw
Tonnage 140
Standardized tonnage IMP 280
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 Cape Lahou
Third place of slave purchase Axim
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
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
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP Dutch Guianas
Region where voyage ended
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1770
Date voyage began 1769-07-04
Date trade began in Africa 1769-09-09
Date vessel departed Africa 1770-02-15
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1770-04-08
Date vessel departed for homeport 1770-05-08
Date voyage completed 1770-06-25
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 278
Middle passage (days) IMP 52
Captain and Crew Captain's name Haijen, Cornelis van
Crew at voyage outset 30
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 72
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 81
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 43
Total slaves embarked 194
Total slaves embarked IMP 194
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 194
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 194
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 194
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 41.2%
Percentage women IMP 37.1%
Percentage boys IMP 13.4%
Percentage girls IMP 8.2%
Percentage male IMP 54.6%
Percentage children IMP 21.6%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 53.39
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
Goslinga,423,610-47: 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
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,523,1302-6:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie