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From ships’ muster roll book, 1793 – 1795; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: SMV 176.
Muster roll for the ship, the Daniel .
The Daniel left Bristol for Old Calabar and shipped 146 or 142 slaves. 125 died during a bad voyage to Grenada, and the survivors were in a very poor state. They sold for very little. The Daniel then returned to Africa and bought another 211 slaves, and landed 171 in Jamaica for sale.

See also Articles of Agreement for the ship, the Daniel .

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: 1791

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