EVENT INFORMATION

19
June
1770

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

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📅 19 June 1770 📍 Barbados

Vessel: Mentor; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 218.3. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Investor: Powell, Foliot; Captain: Strong, Matthew; Investor: Strong, Matthew; Investor: Higginson, William; Investor: Powell, Richard; Investor: Carruther, James; Captain: Powell, John; Investor: Powell, John. The voyage began at Liverpool on 19 June 1770. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Bonny (Bight of Biafra and Gulf of Guinea islands). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Barbados, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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