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Ships’ muster rolls from 1785 – 1786; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 168.

Muster roll for the ship, the Constantine , sailing from Bristol to Africa and the West Indies.
The Constantine sailed for Africa and then to St Vincent and Dominica. The ship was lost in a hurricane off the Virgin Islands. The crew was saved. The slaves had probably been sold before this, at Dominica.

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: 1785 - 1786

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