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Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 131.

Muster roll for the ship, the Eugene, sailing from Africa and South Carolina USA, 1752.
The Eugene sailed for Old Calabar, West Africa, to buy slaves. 250 slaves were sold at South Carolina. The Eugene had made two previous slaving voyages under the name Charming Betty.

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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