Ship, nation, owners Voyage identification number 82678
Voyage in 1999 CD-ROM Yes
Vessel name Mentor
Flag Great Britain
Flag IMP Great Britain
Place constructed London
Year constructed 1760
Place registered Liverpool
Year registered 1784
Rig Ship
Tonnage 80
Standardized tonnage IMP 146
Guns mounted
Vessel owners Lyttleton, William
Voyage Outcome Particular outcome of voyage Voyage completed as intended
Outcome of voyage for slaves IMP Slaves disembarked in Americas
Outcome of voyage if ship captured IMP Not captured
Outcome of voyage for owner IMP Delivered slaves for original owners
African resistance
Voyage Itinerary Place where voyage began IMP London
First place of slave purchase Gambia
Second place of slave purchase
Third place of slave purchase
Principal place of slave purchase IMP Gambia
Places of call before Atlantic crossing
First place of slave landing Charleston
Second place of slave landing
Third place of slave landing
Principal place of slave landing IMP Charleston
Place where voyage ended London
Region where voyage began IMP England and Wales
First region of slave purchase Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
Second region of slave purchase
Third region of slave purchase
Principal region of slave purchase IMP Senegambia and offshore Atlantic
First region of slave landing South Carolina
Second region of slave landing
Third region of slave landing
Principal region of slave landing IMP South Carolina
Region where voyage ended England and Wales
Voyage Dates Year arrived with slaves IMP 1785
Date voyage began 1784-10-22
Date trade began in Africa
Date vessel departed Africa
Date vessel arrived with slaves 1785-05-28
Date vessel departed for homeport
Date voyage completed 1785-09-18
Voyage length, homeport to slaves landing (days) IMP 218
Middle passage (days) IMP
Captain and Crew Captain's name Lyttleton, William
Crew at voyage outset
Crew at first landing of slaves
Crew deaths during voyage
Slave (numbers) Number of slaves intended at first place of purchase
Slaves carried from first port of purchase
Slaves carried from second port of purchase
Slaves carried from third port of purchase
Total slaves embarked
Total slaves embarked IMP 166
Number of slaves arriving at first place of landing 152
Number of slaves disembarked at first place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at second place of landing
Number of slaves disembarked at third place of landing
Total slaves disembarked IMP 152
Slave (characteristics) Percentage men IMP
Percentage women IMP
Percentage boys IMP
Percentage girls IMP
Percentage male IMP
Percentage children IMP
Sterling cash price in Jamaica IMP
Slave deaths during middle passage IMP
Mortality rate IMP
Source Sources LR1786: Lloyd's Register of Shipping, 1764, 1768, 1776, 1778-84, 1786-1787, 1789-1808 (all published in London).
Donnan,IV,477:

Donnan, Elizabeth, ed., Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to the Americas, vol. III (Washington, DC, 1930)


Lambert,68,291-96: Lambert, Sheila (ed.), House of Commons Sessional Papers of the Eighteenth Century, 145 vols. (Wilmington, DE, 1975).
LList, 26 Oct 1784:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 8 July 1785:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


LList, 20 Sept 1785:

New Lloyd's List (later, Lloyd's List), (London, England)


McMillin: McMillin, James A., The Final Victims: The Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810 (Columbia, SC., 2004), CD-ROM insert.