11126 – Watergeus (1776 – 1777) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 11126

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Watergeus

Flags: netherlands

Tonnage: /

Journey

Departure Year: 1776

Departure Location: Zeeland

Arrival Year: 1777

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Malembo

Principal landing location: St. Eustatius

Number embarked: 325

Number disembarked: 318

Number of deaths: /

Outcome

Voyage completed as intended

Sources

ARA,WIC, v. 632<>Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Tweede West-Indische Compagnie, MCC,1289-92<>Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie, Unger,II,109-13<>Unger, W. S.,"Bijdragen tot de geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavenandel, II" Economisch-Historisch Jaarboek, 28 (1958-60). , 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), Postma,304-401<>Postma, Johannes Menne, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815 (Cambridge, 1990)., Goslinga,610-47<>Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (Assen, 1985)., ARA,Aanwinsten,2093<>Nationaal Archief (The Hague, Netherlands) Aanwinsten

Individuals

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