EVENT INFORMATION

12
February
1708

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

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📅 12 February 1708 📍 Suriname

Vessel: Justitia; flag: Netherlands. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie; Captain: Marcusz, Daniel. The voyage began at Vlissingen on 12 February 1708. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Suriname, place unspecified. Recorded duration of the captives' Atlantic crossing: 54 days. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 26.0%. Recorded outcome: Shipwrecked or destroyed, after disembarkation.

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