Sir John Hawkins
i believe the first voyage was 1562 after queen Elizabeth granted permission to sir Hawkins a cousin of sir Frances drake commissioning JESUS of LUBECK WHICH would later be known as the GOOD SHIP JESUS
good
Sir John Hawkins had the dubious distinction of becoming the first slave-ship captain to bring Africans to the Americas. His ship was called "the good ship Jesus".
The ship, "Good Ship Jesus," was built by English captain Simon Fernandes in 1568 and was part of a fleet of ships commissioned by Queen Elizabeth I. It played a significant role in several naval battles during the Elizabethan era.
Yes, the slave ship was named Jesus of Lubeck. John Hawkins arrived with the first batch of slaves to the Americas in 1555.
jesus
Sir John Hawkin's ship was named Jesus which means Justice.
Land
The first slve ship to come to America was the SS Jesus. Captain was Sir John Hawkins
Sir John Hawkins had the dubious distinction of becoming the first slave-ship captain to bring Africans to the Americas. Hawkins was a religious man who insisted that his crew "serve God daily" and "love another", and his ship, appropriatelycalled "the good ship Jesus," left the shores of his native England for Africa in October 1562. He arrived at Sierra Leone, and enslaved three hundred Africans, those which didn't die from the journey or suicide, he sold in the Americas.
Her ship name was the Equloier. But she later on changed it to the "jesus".