EVENT INFORMATION

10
October
1662

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

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📅 10 October 1662 📍 Curacao

Vessel: Zwarte Arend; flag: Netherlands; rig: Yaght; estimated standardized tonnage: 160. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Lonck, Pieter; Investor: West Indische Compagnie. The voyage began at Texel on 10 October 1662. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: New Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Curaçao. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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