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Ships’ muster rolls from 1767 – 1768; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 140.

Muster roll for the ship, the Arabella , sailing from Africa and St Christophers in the Caribbean, 1765.
The Arabella sailed for the Gambia, West Africa and St Christophers. The number of slaves bought is not known, but 110 were sold at St Kitts.

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: 1765

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