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Ships’ muster rolls from the 29th September 1765 – 29th September 1766. Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 166.

Muster roll for the ship, the Brothers, from Africa and Antigua, 1764.
The Brothers was a small ship of only 40 tons, and so carried a small crew. The voyage lasted just over a year. The number of slaves bought and sold is not known.

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: 1764

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