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Ships’ muster rolls from 1794 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 14.

Muster roll for the ship, The Brothers. The Brothers sailed for Calabar, West Africa, buying 350 slaves there. At least 296 were sold at Jamaica. Most of these may have been trans-shipped, perhaps for South America. There are several different reports of the numbers bought and sold.

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: 1793

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