11197 – Zeelands Welvaren (1755 – 1756) | The Register of British Slave-Traders (staging)

3.1 million enslaved people trafficked to the British colonies

Voyage ID: 11197

Was this a corporate crossing: No

Vessel

Name: Zeelands Welvaren

Flags: netherlands

Tonnage: 240.0

Journey

Departure Year: 1755

Departure Location: Vlissingen

Arrival Year: 1756

Arrival Location: /

Enslaved people

Principal purchase location: Cape Lahou

Principal landing location: Suriname

Number embarked: 272

Number disembarked: 250

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)., Goslinga,610-47<>Goslinga, Cornelis Ch., The Dutch in the Caribbean and the Guianas, 1680-1791 (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), MCC,329,978<>Zeeuws Archief (Middelburg, Netherlands) Middelburgsche Commercie Compagnie

Individuals

No information