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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 Rodney , 1792.
The Rodney sailed from Bristol for a voyage to Africa for slaves; to Old Calabar in West Africa. 343 enslaved Africans were landed in Jamaica for sale. It is not known how many were bought in Old Calabar and how many died on the 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: 1792
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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 Fame, from Jamaica, 1794. The Fame was one of many merchant ships supplying the colonies.
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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Detail of muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1767 – 1768; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 140.
Detail of the muster roll for the ship, the Arabella , 1765.
The addresses of the crew are given in detail, rather than just saying Bristol . Thus, George Merrick, master, lived in St Nicholas Hill in Bristol, his officers in Orchard Street and Back Street, Bristol. Other crew members lived in less salubrious (pleasant, clean, and healthy to live in) areas of Bristol, near the docks, such as Marsh Street.
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
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Detail of muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1766 – 1767; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 140.
Detail of muster roll for the ship, the Indian Queen .
Most of the slaving ships and merchant ships list one or more of the crew as having run away, (here marked with an R ), or deserted during the voyage. Here, six of the crew ran away in Jamaica after more than 14 months’ service.
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: 1766 - 1767
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Detail of muster roll
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Ships muster rolls from 1767 – 1768; Society of Merchant Venturers archive.
Muster roll no: 92.
Detail of muster roll for the ship, the Sally, 1767.
One of the new crew taken on in Jamaica for the return voyage to Bristol was Sam, a Negroa .
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: 1767
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Detail of muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1785 – 1786; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 78.
Detail of the muster roll of the ship, the Alexander , sailing from Africa and Grenada, 1785.
The surgeon on board the ship was Alexander Falconbridge. He had last served on another slaving ship, the Emilia . In 1788 he gave evidence to a Parliamentary committee investigating the slave trade.
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: 1785
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Muster roll detail
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Ships’ muster rolls from the September 1766 – September 1767. Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 113.
Detail of muster roll for the Duke of York , from the port of Bristol to Africa and America and back to the said port of Bristol.
17 of the crew died on the coast and during the middle passage. It is not known how many slaves were bought and how many 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: 1764
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Detail from muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Detail from muster roll no: 119.
Detail from the muster roll of the ship, the Wasp, 1782.
Five of the crew died. One fell overboard and two died, probably of disease, at Old Calabar, West Africa. Another died and one drowned on the Middle Passage across the Atlantic Ocean.
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
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Part of muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from the 29th September 1765 – 29th September 1766. Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 246.
Part of muster roll for the ship, the Elizabeth from Barbados.
The master, Nichols Pocock, was also an artist. He drew the ship’s portraits , which show scenes of Tradeing on ye coast of Africa and probably had served on slaving ships before taking command of merchant ships trading from Bristol to the Caribbean.
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: 1760s
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Detail from muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1783 – 1784; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Detail from muster roll no: 108.
Detail from the muster roll of the ship, the Sally, 1783.
Three of the crew died on the Middle Passage during December.
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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