10878 – Neptunus (1739 – 1740) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 10878

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Neptunus

Flags: netherlands

Tonnage: /

Journey

Departure Year: 1739

Departure Location: Vlissingen

Arrival Year: 1740

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Congo North

Principal landing location: Essequibo

Number embarked: 262

Number disembarked: 258

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

Postma,304-401<>Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990)., CO116/28:280v,300,303<>BNA (Kew), 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), DailyG,40.09.27.<>Daily Gazeteer (London)

Individuals

No information