History
The Brigdamme was a ship in the service of the Zeeland chamber of the Dutch west India Company (WIC).
The ship departed from Vlissingen on August 14, 1695, bound for Adra in Africa. There, 591 enslaved people were taken on board and transported to Suriname. A total of 514 captive individuals arrived alive in Paramaribo.¹
The Ornamibo plantation is located north of Joden Savanne, in the upper-left section of the map.
The *Brigdamme* departed from Suriname on July 3, 1696. During the return voyage, the *Brigdamme* was captured by French privateers and taken to Saint-Malo.*
The WIC lost many ships to French privateering activities during the Nine Years' War. The ultimate fate of the *Brigdamme* is unknown.
*) Nine Years' War: The Nine Years' War (1688–1697) broke out in 1688, pitting the French King Louis XIV against the Grand Alliance (led by the Dutch Republic and England). Because the Anglo-Dutch fleet was too powerful for the regular French navy, France soon adopted the strategy of *guerre de course* (privateering). The WIC suffered greatly as a result.
The first 125 captives had already been sold by contract to Samuel Cohen Nassy. He was one of the most influential Portuguese Sephardic Jewish plantation owners and merchants in Suriname. Among other holdings, he owned the large sugar plantation Ornamibo on the Suriname River.
Description
Name: Brigdamme was a village on Walcheren, Zeeland
WIC chamber: Zeeland
| Master | Daniel Pets |
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