EVENT INFORMATION

18
August
1699

The slave ship Goude Windhond began acquiring enslaved Africans for transportation to Curaçao.

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📅 18 August 1699 📍 Curacao

Vessel: Goude Windhond; flag: Netherlands. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie; Captain: Credo, Jan. The voyage began at Vlissingen on 1 May 1699. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Curaçao. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 68 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 3.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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