EVENT INFORMATION

11
July
1732

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

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📅 11 July 1732 📍 Suriname

Vessel: Rusthof; flag: Netherlands. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie; Captain: Bovenmans, Anthony; Captain: Theunissen, Willem. The voyage began at Vlissingen on 11 July 1732. 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: 105 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 48.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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