EVENT INFORMATION

7
December
1708

The slave ship Stadt Amsterdam departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Martinique.

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📅 7 December 1708 📍 Martinique

Vessel: Stadt Amsterdam; flag: Netherlands; rig: Fluit. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Sas, Jurriaan; Investor: Nieuw West Indische Compagnie. The voyage began at Texel on 7 December 1708. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Whydah, Ouidah (Bight of Benin). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Martinique, place unspecified. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 17.0%. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after embarkation of enslaved people.

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