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Ships’ muster rolls from 1751 – 1752; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 171.

Muster roll for the ship, the Juno , sailing from the Cape Coast of Africa and Jamaica, 1751.
The Juno sailed for Cape Coast and probably bought 90 slaves. It is not known how many survived to be 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: 1751

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