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Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1793 – 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 187.
Muster roll for the ship, the Ocean , from Jamaica, 1793. The Ocean was carrying a large crew for a ship trading between Bristol and Africa. Ships on this run , carrying goods to Jamaica and sugar and rum back to Bristol, did not usually need large crews.
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 1793 – 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 181.
The ship, the Prince, sailed for Africa for a cargo of Negroes with orders to buy 407. The actual number bought is not known, but 285 were sold at Jamaica. Several of the crew died of the fever and the flux.
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: 1792
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 29th Sept 1765 – 29th Sept 1766; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 144.
Muster roll for the slave ship Africa, which left Bristol in 1765. The ship arrived on the coast of West Africa, where 310 enslaved Africans were purchased. It is believed the ship sailed to St Kitts in the Caribbean.The ship then sailed to Jamaica before returning eventually to Bristol. The enslaved Africans would have been sold in St Kitts or 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: 1765
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 29th Sept 1765 – 29th Sept 1766; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 154.
Muster roll for the ship Flora, sailing from North Carolina, USA, to Bristol.
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: 1760
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 29th Sept 1765 – 29th Sept 1766; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 118.
Muster roll for the slave ship Hungerford, which left Bristol in 1765 bound for West Africa. There, the ship collected a cargo of enslaved Africans and carried them across the Atlantic Ocean to St Kitts and Dominica in the Caribbean. The slaves would have been sold before the ship returned to Bristol.
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: 1765
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 29th Sept 1765 – 29th Sept 1766; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 87.
Muster roll for the ship, the Minehead, sailing from the Caribbean island of St Christopher.
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: 1764 - 1765
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Interior of chapel
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John Wesley’s New Room, Bristol.
Interior of chapel showing pews and pulpit, with benches on the balcony in the foreground.
John Wesley was the founder of the Methodist Church. He was an Abolitionist and a preacher, who wrote and preached against the slave trade.
Creator: David Emeney
Date: 2004
Copyright: Copyright Bristol City Council
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 29th Sept 1765 – 29th Sept 1766; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 85.
Muster roll for the ship the Two Brothers, sailing from North Carolina, USA, to Bristol. The ship would have carried a cargo of plantation-produced goods from America.
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: 1765
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 29th Sept 1765 – 29th Sept 1766; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 78.
Muster roll for the ship, Jane, sailing from Dominique in the Caribbean to Bristol.
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: 1765 - 1766
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 29th Sept 1765 – 29th Sept 1766; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 79.
Muster roll for the slave ship, Phoenix, which sailed to West Africa in 1764, where 290 enslaved Africans were purchased. The ship then sailed to the Caribbean island of Jamaica, where the slaves were sold, before eventually returning to Bristol.
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: 1764
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
