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Ships’ muster rolls, 29th September 1769 – 29th September 1770; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 146.

The slave ship, the Cornwall, sailed from Bristol to West Africa and then to Barbados in the Caribbean. The ship carried 262 slaves. 10 crew members died on board the ship.

The muster roll is a list of all crew signed on for all or part of a voyage, which was used to calculate the money each man should pay to the Sailors Hospital Fund (insurance).

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.

Date: 29th Sep 1769 - 29th Sep 1770

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