EVENT INFORMATION

25
March
1780

The slave ship Vigilantie departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Suriname.

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📅 25 March 1780 📍 Suriname

Vessel: Vigilantie; flag: Netherlands; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 439.9. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Boswijk, Claas; Investor: Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie. The voyage began at Zeeland on 25 March 1780. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Sierra Leone estuary. Principal recorded disembarkation place: Suriname, place unspecified. Recorded resistance: Revolt by enslaved people. Recorded outcome: Captured by British - after disembarkation.

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