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1698

1698: Insurrection aboard the Københavns Børs, bound for Danish West Indies, colony unspecified (voyage 35051)

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On a slaving voyage that ended at Danish West Indies, colony unspecified in 1698, the people aboard the Københavns Børs rose against the crew. They had been taken at Little Popo.

The record gives the numbers as: 506 people were embarked; 280 were landed; 226 died on the crossing.

Captain: Pietersen, Innes (a) Petersen, Jens. Flag: Denmark / Baltic. Recorded outcome, in the database’s words: “sold slaves in Americas – subsequent fate unknown.”

Resistance is recorded only where a surviving document mentions it. The 571 such acts in the record are a floor. Silence in that column is silence in the archive. It says nothing about calm on the ship.

Source SlaveVoyages, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, voyage 35051