Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 11134
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 321
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 Essequibo
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Essequibo
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 1774
Date voyage began 1773-08-03
Date trade began in Africa 1773-10-10
Date vessel departed Africa 1774-01-28
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1774-04-02
Date vessel departed for homeport 1774-??-??
Date voyage completed 1774-08-26
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 242
Middle passage (days) IMP 64
Captain and Crew Captain's name Haijen, Cornelis van
Michielsen, Olfert
Crew at voyage outset 29
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 89
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 98
Slaves carried from third port of purchase 16
Total slaves embarked 202
Total slaves embarked IMP 202
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 193
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing 192
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 193
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 43.0%
Percentage women IMP 30.1%
Percentage boys IMP 9.8%
Percentage girls IMP 17.1%
Percentage male IMP 52.8%
Percentage children IMP 26.9%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP 45.06
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 8
Mortality rate IMP 4.0%
Source Sources Postma,304-401: Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990).
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
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,1312-7:

Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie