EVENT INFORMATION

16
December
1798

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

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📅 16 December 1798 📍 Cuba

Vessel: Orange; flag: U.S.A.; rig: Brigantine; estimated standardized tonnage: 124. People recorded in connection with the voyage: Captain: Mayberry; Investor: Mayberry. The voyage began at Newport on 16 December 1798. Principal recorded place where captives were acquired: Iles de Los (Sierra Leone). Principal recorded disembarkation place: Havana. Estimated mortality during the crossing: 1.0%. Recorded outcome: Condemned - Americas after disembarkation.

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