Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 35122
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Sorgenfrey
Flag Denmark
Flag IMP Denmark / Baltic
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered Denmark, port unspecified
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Vestindisk-guineiske Kompagni
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Sold slaves in Americas - subsequent fate unknown
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 Gold Coast, port unspecified
Second place of slave purchase Christiansborg
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gold Coast, port unspecified
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Danish West Indies, colony unspecified
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Danish West Indies, colony unspecified
Place where voyage ended
Region where voyage began IMP
First region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Second region of slave purchase Gold Coast
Third region of slave purchase
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 1751
Date voyage began
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1751-07-??
Date vessel departed for homeport 1751-09-??
Date voyage completed
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Collin, P K
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
Slaves carried from second port of purchase 87
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked 150
Total slaves embarked IMP 150
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 133
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 133
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP 43.6%
Percentage women IMP 31.6%
Percentage boys IMP 17.3%
Percentage girls IMP 7.5%
Percentage male IMP 60.9%
Percentage children IMP 24.8%
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP 17
Mortality rate IMP 11.0%
Source Sources Westergaard,326: Westergaard, Waldemar, The Danish West Indies Under Company Rule (1671-1754) (New York, 1917).
Nørregård,111:

Nørregård, Georg, Danish Settlements in West Africa, 1658-1850 (Boston, 1965).


Hernæs,256,258:

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).