Pieter Woortman

Life

1. 1700
   Born

   Soest, Germany
2. 1720–1729
   In the service of the WIC on the Gold Coast (first period, c. 1720-1729)

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3. 1729–1780
   More than 51 years in the service of the WIC on the coast of Guinea; died as director-general at Elmina

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4. from 1740
   Steward on the Gold Coast (WIC), after returning c. 1740

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5. 1741–1780
   Steward (1741), trade factor (1760), director-general on the Coast (1767-1780)

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6. from 1742
   Captain of the WIC ship Het Goede Succes (coast guard against Portuguese smugglers)

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7. from 1744
   Assistant at Fort Lijdzaamheid at Apam (WIC)

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8. from 1747
   Provisional under-factor (WIC, Gold Coast)

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9. 1754–1764
   Factor and commander of Fort Lijdzaamheid at Apam (WIC, Stad en Lande chamber)

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10. 1761–1780
    Private slave trade on the Gold Coast (family business with Afodua); paid the slave recognition fee to the WIC

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11. 1763–1767
    Chief factor at Accra and councillor on the coast of Guinea (member of the Council of Elmina), WIC

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12. 1767–1780
    Director-general of the North and South Coast of Dutch Africa (Elmina), WIC; the longest-serving

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13. from 1769
    Chartered (with his son Jan and Willem Sulyard van Leefdael) the WIC ship De Beschutter for ƒ20.000 to transport 400 enslaved people from Elmina to Suriname

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14. from 1773
    Enquired about the price of a 1/16 share in the slave ship Vrouwe Isabella Maria

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15. 12 April 1780
    Died

    Elmina[1]probably

Family and ties

Partners

Elsebeet Carier · Aphodewa

Children

Jan Woortman · Pieter Woortman · Elizabeth Woortman · Jacob Woortman · Hendrik Woortman · Jan Plange · Frederik Plange