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Ships’ muster rolls from 1794 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 187.

Muster roll for the ship, the Langrishe, 1793.

From Bonny, West Africa, the Langrishe shipped 401 slaves and landed 371 slaves in Jamaica for sale. The ship was then wrecked at Montego Bay in Jamaica.

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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