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Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 119.
Muster roll for the ship, the Wasp, from Africa and Jamaica, 1783. The Wasp was the last of only eight slaving voyages from Bristol in 1783. The number of slaves bought and sold is not known, but the enslaved Africans rebelled when the ship arrived in the Caribbean. Reports suggest that about 100 slaves died in the fighting.
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: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 105.
Muster roll for the ship, the Catharine, from Charlestown, Nevis in the Caribbean. Six crew were discharged in Charlestown in February 1784, and six more taken on for the journey home.
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: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 108.
Muster roll for the ship, the Sally, from Africa and Grenada, 1783. The ship’s captain bought slaves at Bonny and sold them (either 380 or 410) at Grenada for £14,500.
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: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 104.
Muster roll for the ship, the Alfred, from Africa and Jamaica, 1783.
The Alfred sailed from Bristol to Bonny in West Africa. From Africa it sailed for Jamaica and sold 396 slaves there. Several of the crew seem to have sailed in other slaving ships, such as the Tryall, the Tryton, the Africa, the Polly and the Britannia.
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: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 25.
Muster roll for the ship, the Active, 1792.
The Active sailed from Bristol to Anamaboe and the Cape Coast, West Africa. The master had orders to buy 356 slaves, but it is not known how many were bought and whether any survived when the ship was wrecked in Montego Bay, 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: 1792
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 95.
Muster roll for the ship, the Rodney, sailing from Bristol to Jamaica, 1782. The majority of the crew left the ship at sea when it sank on 17th September 1782.
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: 1782
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 46.
Muster roll for the ship, the Salter, sailing from Bristol to Barbados, and back again to Bristol. 1782. The return cargo would have been slave-produced commodities such as sugar and rum.
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: 1782
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 99.
Muster roll for the ship, the Saville, sailing from Charlestown in South Carolina USA, 1783. The main cargo from the southern states of America was tobacco, followed later by cotton.
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: 1783
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 25.
Muster roll for the ship, the Deane, from Bristol to Barbados, 1782.
The ship, with a large crew, was taken two weeks into the voyage, probably by the French. During times of war, merchant shipping became a target for licensed pirates, acting legally under letters of marque and known as privateers.
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: 1782
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1794 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 186.
Muster roll for the ship, the King George, 1790. The King George purchased 360 slaves at Bonny, West Africa. The ship was wrecked on the rocks of Barbados, and only 80 of the slaves survived. The ship was insured for £10,000.
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: 1790
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
