Description:

Affidavit, Captain Shute, 1738, regarding Royal Navy ships trading slaves.

Shute captained a Plymouth ship sailing from Bristol. This affidavit is an account of African traders and Royal Navy competing for slaves illegally.

The Society of Merchant Venturers is a Bristol-based organisation, which was formed in 1552 as an elite body of merchants involved in overseas trade. The Society still exists today.

Creator: Captain Shute

Date: 1738

Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers