EVENT INFORMATION

2
June
1658

The slave ship Zwarte Arend departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Panama.

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📅 2 June 1658 📍 Panama

Vessel: Zwarte Arend; flag: Netherlands; estimated standardized tonnage: 200. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Schelde, Francoys van der; Investor: Brouwer, Christiaen Hendricksz; Investor: Coymans, Isaac; Investor: Croonenburg, Hercules; Captain: Straetjer, Jacob Jacobsz. The voyage began at Texel on 2 June 1658. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: River del Rey (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Portobelo. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after embarkation of enslaved people or during slaving.

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