EVENT INFORMATION

11
September
1788

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

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📅 11 September 1788 📍 Guyana

Vessel: Cornelia; flag: Netherlands; estimated standardized tonnage: 358.1. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Zitter, Jacob de; Captain: Riese, Andries Lodewijk; Investor: Zitter, Jan de. The voyage began at Middelburg on 11 September 1788. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Cape Lahou (Windward Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Demerara. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 130 days. Recorded outcome: Condemned - Americas after disembarkation.

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