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Ships’ muster rolls from 1787 – 1788; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 111.

Muster roll for the ship, the Royal Charlotte , sailing from Africa and the Caribbean island of Grenada, 1787.
The Royal Charlotte sailed for West Africa, with orders to buy 450 slaves. How many were actually bought is not known, but 417 were imported into Grenada.

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: 1787

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