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Mention of Stephen Blakesley, a seaman who sailed on board the slave ship, the Matilda , in her voyage from Bristol to West Africa and South Carolina. He was injured in a slave uprising.

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: 1747 - 1769

Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers