EVENT INFORMATION

16
December
1730

The slave ship Steenhuizen departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Suriname.

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📅 16 December 1730 📍 Suriname

Vessel: Steenhuizen; flag: Netherlands; rig: Fregat. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie; Captain: Hoogdorp, Jan Lambregtsz. The voyage began at Hellevoetsluis on 16 December 1730. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Jacquin (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Suriname, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 76 days. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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