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Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 50.
Muster roll for the ship, the Black Prince .
This was the second of 10 slaving voyages for the Black Prince. The numbers of slaves bought is not known, but 214 were sold at Virginia, USA.
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: 32.
Muster roll for the ship, the Matilda , sailing from Africa and South Carolina, 1751.
The Matilda bought 230 slaves in Africa, although only 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: 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: 42.
Muster roll for the ship, the Indian Prince , sailing from Bristol to Africa and St Christophers in the Caribbean, 1751.
The voyage lasted only 3 1/2 months, as the ship was wrecked on the outward voyage. The crew were saved.
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: 24.
Detail of the muster roll of the ship, the Susanna .
Noblett Ruddock sailed with the Susanna as one of the ship’s officers. He later became a major merchant, with part shares in slaving voyages and interests in tobacco shipping.
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: 20.
Muster roll for the ship, the Jason Gally , from Africa and Jamaica, 1750.
The Jason Gally sailed for the Gold Coast. The number of slaves bought there and sold at Jamaica is not known.
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: 1750
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 24.
Muster roll for the ship, the Susanna , sailing from Bristol to Africa and from thence to Virginia and to Bristol, 1751.
The Susanna sailed for Bonny and reports suggest that 433 slaves were purchased. The Susanna had a very bad voyage, sickness went through the crowded slaves and only 233 survived to be sold at Virginia. 13 of the crew, including the doctor and his assistant, also died.
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: 8.
Muster roll for the ship, the Kitty , sailing for Cork in Ireland and St Christophers, on the Caribbean island of Nevis.
Ships often called in at Cork to take on supplies of fresh food and water for the Atlantic crossing.
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: 19.
Muster roll for the ship, the Africa , sailing from Africa and Virginia, 1751.
Where one Africa went to in Africa and how many slaves were bought is not known. 260 slaves were sold at Virginia, USA.
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 1751 – 1752; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 224.
Muster roll for the ship, the Montserrat, sailing from Montserrat, an island in the Caribbean, 1751.
The Montserrat was one of many merchant ships from Bristol supplying the colonies with manufactured goods and foodstuffs. It was government policy that the colonies should be a market for British-made goods and supply raw materials to British industry.
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 1751 – 1752; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 235.
Muster roll for the ship, the Emperor , 1751.
The Emperor reportedly sailed for the Congo. She arrived in South Carolina from Calabar, with 250 slaves. There are reports of a high death rate amongst the slaves on the middle passage, and those that survived were said to be in very poor shape.
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
