EVENT INFORMATION

26
August
1705

The slave ship Duinenburg left the African coast carrying enslaved Africans toward Curaçao. About 473 people had been taken aboard.

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📅 26 August 1705 📍 Curacao

Vessel: Duinenburg; flag: Netherlands. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie; Captain: Weteringhe, Cornelis van der. The voyage began at Vlissingen on 1 July 1704. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Curaçao. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 81 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 16.0%. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after enslaved people disembarked.

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