3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies
10548 – Eerste Edele (1755 – 1756)
Voyage ID: 10548
Was this a corporate crossing: No
Vessel
Name: Eerste Edele
Flags: netherlands
Tonnage: 216.0
Journey
Departure Year: 1755
Departure Location: Vlissingen
Arrival Year: 1756
Arrival Location: /
Enslaved people
Principal purchase location: Congo North
Principal landing location: Suriname
Number embarked: 300
Number disembarked: 280
Number of deaths: /
Outcome
Voyage completed as intended
Sources
Postma,304-401<>Postma, Johannes Menne, <i>The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815</i> (Cambridge, 1990)., Goslinga,610-47<>Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., <i>The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 </i>(Assen, 1985)., Priester,206-16<>Priester, L. R., “De Nederlandse houding ten aanzien van de slavenhandel en slavernij, 1596-1863: het gedrag van de slavenhandelaren van de Commercie Compagnie van Middelburg in de 18e eeuw,” MA dissertation (Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, 1986)