EVENT INFORMATION

15
June
1704

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

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📅 15 June 1704 📍 Curacao

Vessel: Wakende Kraan; flag: Netherlands; rig: Yaght. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie; Captain: Hoeven, Jan van der; Captain: Wenman, Roelof. The voyage began at Hellevoetsluis on 15 June 1704. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Elmina (Gold Coast). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Curaçao. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 81 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 7.0%. Recorded outcome: Condemned - Americas after disembarkation.

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