EVENT INFORMATION

13
December
1745

The slave ship Batchelor departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Jamaica.

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📅 13 December 1745 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Batchelor; flag: Great Britain; rig: Snauw; estimated standardized tonnage: 110.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Farr, Richard (Sr); Captain: Lewis, Stephen; Captain: Hathaway, Joseph. The voyage began at Bristol on 13 December 1745. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Calabar (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Kingston. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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