Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 35061 |
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
Vessel name | Christianus Quintus (a) Christian V | |
Flag | Denmark | |
Flag IMP | Denmark / Baltic | |
Place constructed | ||
Year constructed | ||
Place registered | Emden | |
Year registered | ||
Rig | ||
Tonnage | ||
Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
Guns mounted | ||
Vessel owners | Vestindisk-guineiske Kompagni | |
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 | |
First place of slave purchase | Christiansborg | |
Second place of slave purchase | Popo | |
Third place of slave purchase | Whydah, Ouidah | |
Principal place of slave purchase IMP | Christiansborg | |
Places of call before Atlantic crossing | ||
First place of slave landing | St. Thomas | |
Second place of slave landing | ||
Third place of slave landing | ||
Principal place of slave landing IMP | St. Thomas | |
Place where voyage ended | ||
Region where voyage began IMP | ||
First region of slave purchase | Gold Coast | |
Second region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
Third region of slave purchase | Bight of Benin | |
Principal region of slave purchase IMP | Gold Coast | |
First region of slave landing | Danish West Indies | |
Second region of slave landing | ||
Third region of slave landing | ||
Principal region of slave landing IMP | Danish West Indies | |
Region where voyage ended | ||
Voyage Dates | Year arrived with slaves IMP | 1707 |
Date voyage began | ||
Date trade began in Africa | 1707-02-18 | |
Date vessel departed Africa | 1707-06-06 | |
Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1707-07-?? | |
Date vessel departed for homeport | ||
Date voyage completed | ||
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | ||
Middle passage (days) IMP | ||
Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Boomfeldt, N C |
Crew at voyage outset | ||
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 | 236 | |
Slaves carried from second port of purchase | 72 | |
Slaves carried from third port of purchase | 139 | |
Total slaves embarked | 447 | |
Total slaves embarked IMP | 447 | |
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 393 | |
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 | 393 | |
Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 53.9% |
Percentage women IMP | 40.7% | |
Percentage boys IMP | 3.3% | |
Percentage girls IMP | 2.0% | |
Percentage male IMP | 57.3% | |
Percentage children IMP | 5.3% | |
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 54 | |
Mortality rate IMP | 12.0% | |
Source | Sources | Westergaard,321: Westergaard, Waldemar, The Danish West Indies Under Company Rule (1671-1754) (New York, 1917).
Nørregård,64-65: Nørregård, Georg, Danish Settlements in West Africa, 1658-1850 (Boston, 1965). Justesen,v.1,V,10,13,14: Justesen, Ole, Danish Sources for the History of Ghana, 1657-1754, 2 vols. (Copenhagen, 2005). Hernæs,251-252: Hernæs, Per O, Slaves, Danes, and African Coast Society: The Danish Slave Trade from West Africa and Afro-Danish Relations on the Eighteenth Century Gold Coast (Trondheim, 1995). |