EVENT INFORMATION

15
June
1737

The slave ship Leusden began acquiring enslaved Africans for transportation to Suriname.

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📅 15 June 1737 📍 Suriname

Vessel: Leusden; flag: Netherlands; rig: Fregat. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Outjes, Jochem; Captain: Lodewijksz, Lodewijk; Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie. The voyage began at Texel on 10 March 1737. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Elmina (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Paramaribo. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 73 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 98.0%. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of enslaved people or during slaving.

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