| Ship, nation, owners | Voyage identification number | 35181 |
| Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM | Yes | |
| Vessel name | Fredensborg | |
| Flag | Denmark | |
| Flag IMP | Denmark / Baltic | |
| Place constructed | ||
| Year constructed | 1753 | |
| Place registered | ||
| Year registered | ||
| Rig | ||
| Tonnage | ||
| Standardized tonnage IMP | ||
| Guns mounted | ||
| Vessel owners | Danish Guinean Company (a) Bargum Trading Society | |
| Voyage Outcome | Particular outcome of voyage | Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation |
| Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP | Slaves disembarked in Americas | |
| Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP | Natural hazard | |
| Outcome of voyage for owner IMP | Original goal thwarted (natural hazard) | |
| African resistance | ||
| Voyage Itinerary | Place where voyage began IMP | København |
| First place of slave purchase | Christiansborg | |
| Second place of slave purchase | Ningo | |
| 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 | St. Croix | |
| Second place of slave landing | ||
| Third place of slave landing | ||
| Principal place of slave landing IMP | St. Croix | |
| Place where voyage ended | ||
| Region where voyage began IMP | Denmark | |
| 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 | 1768 |
| Date voyage began | 1767-06-24 | |
| Date trade began in Africa | 1767-10-01 | |
| Date vessel departed Africa | 1768-04-21 | |
| Date vessel arrived with slaves | 1768-07-09 | |
| Date vessel departed for homeport | 1768-09-14 | |
| Date voyage completed | ||
| Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP | 381 | |
| Middle passage (days) IMP | 79 | |
| Captain and Crew | Captain's name | Kionig, Espen Ferentz, Johan Frantzen |
| Crew at voyage outset | 40 | |
| Crew at first landing of slaves | ||
| Crew deaths during voyage | 12 | |
| 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 | ||
| Slaves carried from third port of purchase | ||
| Total slaves embarked | 265 | |
| Total slaves embarked IMP | 265 | |
| Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing | 235 | |
| 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 | 235 | |
| Slave (characteristics) | Percentage men IMP | 59.6% |
| Percentage women IMP | 29.4% | |
| Percentage boys IMP | 3.4% | |
| Percentage girls IMP | 7.5% | |
| Percentage male IMP | 63.0% | |
| Percentage children IMP | 10.9% | |
| Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP | ||
| Slave deaths during middle passage IMP | 30 | |
| Mortality rate IMP | 11.0% | |
| Source | Sources | Nørregård,124-5: Nørregård, Georg, Danish Settlements in West Africa, 1658-1850 (Boston, 1965). Svalesen,passim: Svalesen, Leif, Slaveskipet Fredensborg: og den dansk-norske slavehandel på 1700-tallet (Oslo, 1996). Svalesen,1995: Svalesen, Lief,"The Slave Ship 'Fredensborg': History, Shipwreck, and Find," History in Africa 22 (1995): 455-58. Hernæs,261-262: 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). |