EVENT INFORMATION

19
December
1700

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

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📅 19 December 1700 📍 Curacao

Vessel: Rachel; flag: Netherlands. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Visser, Jacob Corsz; Captain: Prop, Pieter; Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie. The voyage began at Texel on 19 December 1700. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Curaçao. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 14.0%. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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