EVENT INFORMATION

23
October
1759

The slave ship Prospect arrived with enslaved Africans in Barbados. About 103 people had been taken aboard and approximately 91 arrived.

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📅 23 October 1759 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Prospect; flag: Great Britain; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 92.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Shaw, Saml; Investor: Blundell, Jonathan; Captain: Blundell, Richard; Investor: Blundell, Richard; Investor: Blundell, Bryan (Jr); Captain: Howell, Henry. The voyage began at Liverpool on 7 December 1758. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Iles Plantain (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Captured by the French - after enslaved people disembarked.

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