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Ships’ muster rolls from 1784 – 1785; Society of Merchant Venturers archive.
Muster roll no: 66.

Muster roll for the ship, the Emilia, sailing from Dominica, 1784.
The Emilia sailed for Bonny in West Africa. The master bought 490 slaves , 450 were sold at 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: 1784

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