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Ships’ muster rolls from 1751 – 1752; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 149.

Muster roll for the ship, the Earl of Radnor , sailing from Bristol to Antigua in the Caribbean, Carolina USA and Bristol, 1751.
The number of slaves bought in Africa is not known, but 300 were sold at South Carolina.

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: 1751

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