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Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 184.
Muster roll for the ship, the Jeronomy, sailing from Africa and Antigua in the Caribbean, 1751.
The Jeronomy sailed for Guinea. The number of slaves bought and sold is not known. Duing the Middle Passage, some of the crew mutinied. They were tried for piracy in Antigua and two, Francis Pye and Richard Paddy, were hanged.
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
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 153.
Muster roll for the ship, the Levant, sailing from Africa and Virginia USA to Bristol, 1751.
The Levant sailed for Old Calabar, West Africa. The number of slaves bought is not known, but 184 were sold at Virginia.
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
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 168.
Muster roll for the ship, the Fly, sailing from Africa and Jamaica, 1751.
The Fly sailed for Africa, buying a reported 220 slaves. 218 slaves were 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
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 151.
Muster roll for the ship, the Sibylla , from Africa and Jamaica, 1751.
The Sibylla sailed from The Gambia and Anamaboe. The number of slaves bought is not known, but 163 slaves were 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
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
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
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 132.
Muster roll for the ship, the Greyhound, sailing from Africa and Virginia USA, 1751.
The whole voyage took just over 15 months. It was reported that the great rains in Angola, West Africa, had delayed the buying of slaves there, as the African traders could not get their slaves across the flooded rivers inland to bring them to the coast. 336 slaves were sold at Virginia.
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
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 105.
Muster roll for the ship, the Tryal, from Africa and Virginia USA, 1751.
The number of slaves bought in Africa is not known, but 182 were sold at Virginia.
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
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
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
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 79.
Muster roll for the ship, the Fame, sailing from Virginia, USA, 1751.
The Fame was one of many merchant ships supplying the colonies with manufactured goods and foodstuffs. Amongst the crew taken on the return voyage to Bristol was one Negroe Bainaba of Nigeria.
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.
The language used to describe people of African descent in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries is unacceptable in today’s terms. We cannot avoid using this language in its original context. To change the words would impose 20th century attitudes on history.
Date: 1751
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 48.
Muster roll for the ship, the Cape Coast , sailing from Africa to Jamaica, 1751.
The Cape Coast sailed for the Cape Coast in Africa, although it is not known how many slaves were bought. 285 were 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
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
