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Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1752 – 1753; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 168.
Muster roll for the ship, the Fly, sailing from Africa and Jamaica, 1751.
The Fly sailed for Africa, buying a reported 220 slaves. 218 slaves were sold at 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: 1751
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
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