Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 11295
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM
Vessel name Witte Paard
Flag
Flag IMP Netherlands
Place constructed
Year constructed
Place registered
Year registered
Rig
Tonnage
Standardized tonnage IMP
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Sweerts, Jan
Wittepaert, Dirck Pietersen
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 Texel
First place of slave purchase
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Loango
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing New York
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP New York
Place where voyage ended Texel
Region where voyage began IMP Netherlands
First region of slave purchase
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP West Central Africa and St. Helena
First region of slave landing New York
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP New York
Region where voyage ended Netherlands
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1655
Date voyage began 1654-11-19
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1655-09-15
Date vessel departed for homeport 1655-11-02
Date voyage completed 1656-??-??
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 300
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Swart, Meijndert Lourensz
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
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 455
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing
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 391
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources BDB12: Binder, Franz, Dataset of 17th century Dutch slave trading voyages, currently deposited at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation (Hull)
VanDantzig,1968:45: Van Dantzig, Albert, Het Nederlandse aandeel in de slavenhandel (Bussum, 1968).
Donnan,III,414-5:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


Rink,163: Rink, Oliver, Holland on the Hudson: an economic and social history of Dutch New York (Ithaca, NY, 1986).
Donnan,IV,49-50:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)