EVENT INFORMATION

9
July
1790

The slave ship Pelicaan arrived with enslaved Africans in Guyana. About 439 people had been taken aboard and approximately 380 arrived.

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📅 9 July 1790 📍 Guyana

Vessel: Pelicaan; flag: Netherlands. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Kans, Willem; Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie. The voyage began at Amsterdam on 6 January 1789. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Elmina (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Berbice. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 75 days.

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