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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 108.

Muster roll for the ship, the Sally, from Africa and Grenada, 1783. The ship’s captain bought slaves at Bonny and sold them (either 380 or 410) at Grenada for £14,500.

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: 1783

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