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Ships’ muster rolls from 1787 – 1788; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 211.

Muster roll for the ship, the Africa , sailing from Bristol to Africa and the Caribbean island of Grenada, 1787.
This was one of several ships called the Africa . On this voyage, the Africa traded along the Gold Coast and sailed with 354 slaves. It is not known how many were sold at 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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