EVENT INFORMATION

13
August
1762

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

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📅 13 August 1762 📍 Curacao

Vessel: Middelburgs Welvaren; flag: Netherlands; rig: Fregat; estimated standardized tonnage: 352. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie; Captain: Husson, Jacobus. The voyage began at Vlissingen on 13 August 1762. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Malembo (West Central Africa and St Helena). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Curaçao. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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