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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 29th September 1772 – 29th September 1773; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV [3] 4.
Muster roll for the ship, the Aaron from North Carolina, 1771.
The Aaron was one of many merchant ships trading between Bristol and The Americas.
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: 1771
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Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 1793 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV 177.
Muster Roll for the ship, the Friendship , 1792.
The Friendship left Bristol for New Calabar, West Africa, and bought 232 or 243 enslaved Africans. Reports suggest that 206 or 208 survived the voyage to be sold in Jamaica.
The cook James Adams, an American, was arrested in Jamaica as a runaway slave.
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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From ships’ muster roll book, 1793 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV 172.
Muster Roll for the ship, the Nassau , 1792.
The ship, the Nassau left Bristol for the Isle de los, off Sierra Leone. 190 enslaved Africans were taken across the Atlantic. The cook John Robertson, and Thomas Jones, a 1/2 seaman, were Africans. Both came back with the ship 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: 1792
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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From ships’ muster roll book, 1793 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV 169.
Muster roll for the ship, the St James , for a voyage to Jamaica, 1793.
The crew included one man from Jamaica, possibly a free black sailor.
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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From ledger of ships’ muster roll, 29th September 1793 – 29th September 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll for the sloop (small ship), Martha’s Goodwill , 1792.
This was a small ship, hence the small crew for a slaving voyage. 49 or fewer slaves were shipped across the Atlantic, 45 (or 42) survived to be sold in 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: 1792
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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From ledger of ships’ muster roll, 29th September 1793 – 29th September 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll for the ship, the Thomas, from Africa and Jamaica, 1793.
The crew included Antonio, John Robert and James Jones, all from Africa and possibly free black sailors.
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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From ledger of ships’ muster roll, 29th September 1793 – 29th September 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll for the ship, the Crescent , 1791.
The Crescent sailed for Isle de Los in West Africa, buying 273 slaves. Either 6, 7, or 8 of them died on the voyage, the survivors were sold 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: 1791
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
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From ledger of ships’ muster roll, 29th September 1793 – 29th September 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll for the ship, the Mary , to and from Africa, 1793. The Mary was perhaps a supply ship or a tender for other slaving vessels. It was meant to buy 68 slaves, but went out without trade goods and came back direct to Bristol without, apparently, carrying any enslaved Africans.
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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From ledger of ships’ muster roll, 29th September 1793 – 29th September 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll for the ship, the Ann, from Jamaica, 1793.
The direct trade to The Americas involved many small traders in Bristol who would ship a box of goods on one of the ships to sell in the Caribbean islands, or on the mainland.
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
Description:
From ledger of ships’ muster roll, 29th September 1793 – 29th September 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll for the ship, the Edward , from Nevis, 1793.
The Edward was supplying foodstuffs and manufactured goods to the Caribbean and bringing back sugar and other slave-produced commodities.
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
