EVENT INFORMATION

22
February
1789

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

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📅 22 February 1789 📍 Jamaica

Vessel: Mentor; flag: Great Britain; rig: Ship; estimated standardized tonnage: 136. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Lyttleton, William; Investor: Lyttleton, William; Captain: Lewin, Robert; Captain: Wilcox, Edward. The voyage began at London on 22 February 1789. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Gambia (Senegambia and offshore Atlantic). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Jamaica, place unspecified. Recorded outcome: Voyage completed as intended.

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