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Detail from muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1794 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 139.
Detail from the muster roll of the ship, the Wasp, 1794.
John Person, the botswain, was handed over to the governor of Cape Coast Castle (in Ghana, West Africa), for a mutiny on board the ship.
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 detail
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1794 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Detail of muster roll no: 85.
Detail of the muster roll of the ship, the African Queen, 1794.
One of the crew taken on in Bristol was John Davis, a Black born in Africa. He was discharged in Africa at his own request, on 28th July.
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: 1794
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Muster roll (reverse)
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From ships’ muster roll book, September 1773 – September 1774; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 60.
Reverse of muster roll for the ship, The Britannia , from Africa and Jamaica, 1772. This was the ship’s first voyage. Three of the crew seem to have drowned on 20th January 1773, 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: 1772
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Hospital Bill
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Ships’ muster rolls from 29th Sept 1763 – 29th Sept 1764; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 57.
Hospital bill for the slave ship Greyhound, 1763.
The ship sailed from Bristol to Bonny, West Africa, where 410 or more enslaved Africans were purchased. The Greyhound then sailed to Nigeria, USA, where the slaves would have been sold. 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: 1763
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Muster roll (reverse)
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From ships’ muster roll book, 29th September 1772 – 29th September 1773; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll for the ship, the King George, 1771. Muster roll no: SMV 33.
There were three ships with this name employed in the slave trade. This was the largest of the three. On this voyage, the King George left Bristol for Old Calabar, West Africa, and returned via Jamaica. There are no records of the number of slaves bought and sold.
This image shows the continuation of the new list on the reverse.
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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Detail 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: 230.
Detail of muster roll for the ship, the Brothers, 1765.
Three of the crew were lost on ye coast of Africa : two others were taken on in Africa. The Caribbean islands and, to a lesser extent the coast of Africa, were temporary home to many British and European sailors discharged from their ships and looking for a ship to get 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: 1765
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Letter
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Letter regarding the manumission (freeing) of slaves, Spring Plantation, Jamaica.
Date: 1798
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:AC/WO 16 (27)172(a)
Letter detail
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Detail of letter regarding the valuation of stock and cost of repairs, Spring Plantation, Jamaica.
Date: 1796
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Object ID:AC/WO 16 (27) 166(a)
List
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List of slaves with a value of £24,888, on Spring Plantation, Jamaica.
Date: 1795
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Object ID:AC/WO 16 (27) 166(d)
Letter
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Letter regarding the manumission (freeing) of slaves, Spring Plantation, Jamaica.
Date: 1798
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:AC/WO 16(27)172(a)
