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Ships’ muster rolls from 1788 – 1789; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 182.

Muster roll for the ship, the Alert , sailing from Bristol to Africa and Jamaica and back to Bristol.
The Alert sailed for the Gold Coast and bought 276 or 260 slaves.Reports suggest that 265 or 262 were sold at Jamaica.

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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