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Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 53.

Muster roll for the ship, the Delight , sailing from Bristol to Africa and America, and from thence to London.
The number of slaves bought is not known, but the Delight was said to have had great mortality amongst the slaves. 160 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: 1752 - 1753

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