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Detail from list of slaves
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Detail from 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 from agents regarding the buying of slaves, to the owners of the Spring Plantation, Jamaica.
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Object ID:AC/WO 16 (27) 161
Letter detail
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Letter from agents regarding the buying of slaves, to the owners of the Spring Plantation, Jamaica.
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Object ID:AC/WO 16 (27) 161
Back of muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from the September 1766 – September 1767. Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 113.
Back of muster roll for the ship, the Duke of York , from the Port of Bristol to Africa and America and back to the said Port of Bristol, 1764.
A list of the white men that continued, died and ran away on board the ship the Duke of York .
This note on the back of the muster roll makes a clear distinction between the white crew and the black cargo .
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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Portledge bill
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Ships’ muster rolls from the 29th Sep 1776 – 29th Sep 1777; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Portladge Bill for the ship, the Brickdale, 1766.
The Portledge bill was a list of crew . On this one, the complexion of the crew is given for some reason. Two are described as fare, one James Moody of North Britain is described as Black. It is not known whether he was a free African sailor or just had black hair.
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
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Advert for the sale of tobacco
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From Bonner and Middleton’s Bristol Journal.
Advertisement for the sale of tobacco from America.
Date: Dec 22nd 1781
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Advert for the sale of turtles
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From Bonner and Middleton’s Bristol Journal.
Advertisement for the sale of four fine turtles, probably from the Caribbean.
Date: Nov 24th 1781
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Advert for the sale of ivory
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From Bonner and Middleton’s Bristol Journal.
Advertisement for the sale of ivory in Dorset. The Ivory is from West Africa.
Date: Dec 1st 1781
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Advert for the sale of tobacco
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From Bonner and Middleton’s Bristol Journal.
Advert for the sale of tobacco from plantations in Virginia, USA.
Date: Nov 17th 1781
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Advert for sale of cargo of ship
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From Bonner and Middleton’s Bristol Journal.
Advertisement for the sale of the cargo from the ship William from Barbados, Caribbean. The goods include tortoiseshell, ebony (a dark wood from Africa), tobacco and indigo (used to make dye).
Date: Nov 10th 1781
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