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Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 65.
Muster roll for the ship, the Little Hornet, from Africa, 1783.
The Little Hornet went from Africa to St Vincent, and returned to Bristol from the Caribbean. Slave numbers bought and sold are 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: 1783
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Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1794 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 139.
Muster roll for the ship, the Wasp, 1794. The Wasp left Bristol with 28 crew. The master bought a reported 206 slaves at Bonny or New Calabar, over 2 months. 25 died before the Wasp left Africa. Another 25 died during the crossing to 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: 1794
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Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1794 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 187.
Muster roll for the ship, the Langrishe, 1793.
From Bonny, West Africa, the Langrishe shipped 401 slaves and landed 371 slaves in Jamaica for sale. The ship was then wrecked at Montego Bay in 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: 1793
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: 65.
Muster roll for the ship, the Fanny from Jamaica, 1782. Some of the crew were discharged in Barbados, in the Caribbean, and new crew taken on for the homeward voyage.
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: 93.
Muster roll for the ship, the Albion , from New York, 1783. The American War of Independence, 1775-1783, seriously disrupted British trade with mainland America. During this time few if any British ships went to the mainland. The Albion , a merchant ship, was one of very few Bristol ships listed as trading with America. This voyage might have sailed once the war was over, or the owners may have been trading with the enemy.
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 1794 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 147.
Muster roll for the ship the Isabella, which sailed for the Congo, in Africa. 461 slaves were taken across the Atlantic, 455 being sold in Jamaica. Some of the crew mutinied on the crossing to Africa and were handed to the British Consul in Maderia.
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: 1793
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: 27.
Muster roll for the ship, the Favourite, from Tortola (off the Caribbean island of Nevis), 1794.
The Favourite was trading between Bristol and the Caribbean islands. The round trip took about 4 1/2 months.
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: 1794
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: 136.
Muster roll for the ship, the Flora, from Bristol to Africa, 1794. The Flora was a small ship, sailing for Africa with the aim of buying 73 slaves. Just over a month after leaving Bristol, the ship was taken by the French.
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: 1794
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: 39.
Muster roll for the ship, the Neptune, 1793. Four Negroes were taken on as crew members in 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.
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: 1793
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: 16.
Muster roll for the ship, the Pilgrim, 1793. The Pilgrim sailed for Bonny, West Africa. 419 slaves were purchased and 398 sold at St Vincent.
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: 1793
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
