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Correspondence; I Hobhouse and Partners
Description:
The African Slave Trade of Bristol. Letters to Isaac Hobhouse and partners. Slave Estates (Jefferies collection).
Hobshouse was a merchant behind slave voyages and owned ships.
A list of the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa. The list includes merchants in London, Liverpool and Bristol.
Date: June 23rd 1755
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Articles of agreement
Description:
From ledger of ships’ muster roll, 29th September 1793 – 29th September 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Articles of agreement for the ship, the Fanny.
The Fanny sailed for Sierra Leone, and shipped 232 slaves to Barbados and Jamaica. It seems that only two died on the voyage; a very low number, especially for voyages organised by James Rogers.
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).
Articles of agreement set out the terms and conditions of a voyage. The Articles was a standard printed form, listing the food rations and financial arrangements the crew would receive.
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
Articles of agreement
Description:
From ledger of ships’ muster roll, 29th September 1793 – 29th September 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Articles of agreement 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).
Articles of agreement set out the terms and conditions of a voyage. The Articles was a standard printed form, listing the food rations and financial arrangements the crew would receive.
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
Articles of Agreement
Description:
From ledger of ships’ muster roll, 29th September 1793 – 29th September 1794; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Articles of agreement for the ship, the Fame , 1792 .
The Fame sailed for Old Calabar in West Africa in 1792, shipping 201 enslaved Africans to Grenada. Between 65 – 72 died on the voyage and the master felt that there was never a worse cargo of slaves shipped from Africa .The agents who sold them reported that there is not…one good slave in the ship .
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).
Articles of agreement set out the terms and conditions of a voyage. The Articles was a standard printed form, listing the food rations and financial arrangements the crew would receive.
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
The Ghosts of Bristol, poem
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A poem from The Spectator national newspaper about the history of Bristol, called The Ghosts of Bristol, which mentions the slave trade.
The poem was written by J H Knight-Adkin, who may have been the captain of the Fourth Gloucesters, a local regiment.
Date: c1920s
Copyright: Copyright BCC Record Office
Object ID:BRO ref no: 42433/1
Correspondence; I Hobhouse and Partners
Description:
The African Slave Trade of Bristol. Letters to Isaac Hobhouse and partners. Slave Estates (Jefferies collection).
Hobshouse was a merchant behind slave voyages and owned ships.
A list of the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa. The list includes merchants in London, Liverpool and Bristol.
Date: June 23rd 1755
Copyright: Copyright BCC Library Service
Correspondence; I Hobhouse and Partners
Description:
The African Slave Trade of Bristol. Letters to Isaac Hobhouse and partners. Slave Estates (Jefferies collection).
Hobshouse was a merchant behind slave voyages and owned ships.
Extract from the Cornish Chronicle, Jamaica, May 22nd 1785.
Advertisement for a cargo from Bristol in 1784. The cargo contained anchovies and capers, Taunton ale, Gloucester cheese, Backgammon tables, tea, perfumery and toys, etc.
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Correspondence; I Hobhouse and Partners
Description:
The African Slave Trade of Bristol. Letters to Isaac Hobhouse and partners. Slave Estates (Jefferies collection).
Hobshouse was a merchant behind slave voyages and owned ships.
Letter to Isaac Hobhouse from agent Thomas Dolman, Jamaica. 1728.
Date: 1728
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Correspondence; I Hobhouse and Partners
Description:
The African Slave Trade of Bristol. Letters to Isaac Hobhouse and partners. Slave Estates (Jefferies collection).
Hobshouse was a merchant behind slave voyages and owned ships.
Letter to Isaac Hobhouse from an agent giving an account of a slave sale. Kingston, Jamaica. 1728.
Date: 1728
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Correspondence; I Hobhouse and Partners
Description:
The African Slave Trade of Bristol. Letters to Isaac Hobhouse and partners. Slave Estates (Jefferies collection).
Hobshouse was a merchant behind slave voyages and owned ships.
Letter to Isaac Hobhouse from an agent in St Christophers (Nevis) 1736, reporting on the goods last received.
Date: 1736
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