EVENT INFORMATION

8
August
1733

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

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📅 8 August 1733 📍 Suriname

Vessel: Vrijheid; flag: Netherlands; rig: Hekboot. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Gewelt, Jan Pietersz; Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie. The voyage began at Texel on 8 August 1733. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Badagry/Apa (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Suriname, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 61 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 7.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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