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Ships’ muster rolls from 1767 – 1768; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 104.

Muster roll for the ship, the Prince of Wales, sailing from Africa and America, her third voyage.
The Prince of Wales sailed for New Calabar, West Africa, with a large crew of 49. The number of slaves bought is not known, but 341 were sold 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: 1766

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