EVENT INFORMATION

28
April
1662

The slave ship Vergulde Son departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Martinique.

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📅 28 April 1662 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Vergulde Son; flag: Netherlands; rig: Fluit. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Plough, Simon Jansz. The voyage began at Texel on 28 April 1662. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gorée (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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