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Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1748 – 1749; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 202.
Muster roll for the ship, the Rainbow, sailing from Africa and St Christophers; St Kitts in the Caribbean, first voyage, 1749.
Although with the same owners and captain as the ship, the Rainbow of 1748, this seems to be another ship under the same name, hence the first voyage note. The ship sailed to Africa with instructions to buy 300 slaves. The actual number bought there and sold at St Kitts is not known.
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: 1749
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Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1748 – 1749; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 184.
Muster roll for the ship, the Success, sailing from Africa and St Christophers on St Kitts, in the Caribbean, 1749.
The Success sailed to the Bight of Benin in Africa with instructions to buy 320 slaves. The number actually bought there and sold at St Kitts is not known.
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: 1749
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Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1748 – 1749; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 141.
Muster roll for the ship, the Bonny, sailing from Jamaica, 1748.
The Bonny sailed for Africa with instructions to buy 450 slaves. The number actually bought there and sold at Jamaica is not known.
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: 1748
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Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1748 – 1749; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 153.
Muster roll for the ship, the Live Oak.
The Live Oak was a small merchant ship, or possibly a coastal vessel, going to ports around the coast of Britain. The cook on this short voyage was Negroe Jack.
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: 1750
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Muster roll
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Ships’ muster rolls from 1748 – 1749; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 138.
Muster roll for the ship, the Swift, sailing from Africa and Jamaica, 1748.
The Swift sailed for the Gold Coast, West Africa, with instructions to buy 280 slaves. The actual number bought there and sold at Jamaica is not known.
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: 1748
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers
Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1748 – 1749; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 138.
Muster roll for the ship, the Levant, sailing from Bristol to Africa, Virgina USA and back to Bristol, 1748.
The Levant sailed for Africa with instructions to buy 450 slaves. The number actually bought is not known: only 252 were sold at Virginia.
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: 1748
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Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1748 – 1749; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 127.
Muster roll for the ship, the Jamaica Packet, sailing from Africa and Jamaica, 1748.
The Jamaica Packet sailed for the Gold Coast in West Africa with instructions to buy 360 slaves. The number actually bought is not known, but 332 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: 1748
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Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1748 – 1749; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 132.
Muster roll for the ship, the Southwell, sailing from Virginia, USA, 1748.
The Southwell sailed for Angola in West Africa with instructions to buy 500 slaves. The number actually bought is not known, but only 284 were sold in Virginia.
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: 1748
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Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1748 – 1749; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 104.
Muster roll for the ship the Iris, sailing from Africa and Jamaica, 1747.
The Iris sailed with instructions to buy 250 slaves. It is not known how many were bought, but 161 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: 1747
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Muster roll
Description:
Ships’ muster rolls from 1748 – 1749; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive.
Muster roll no: 109.
Muster roll for the ship, the Tryall, sailing for Africa to Virginia, USA, 1748.
The Tryall sailed from Angola in West Africa with orders to buy 400 slaves. The number actually bought is not known, but 356 slaves were sold at Virginia. The Tryall was a fairly small ship of 90 tons: under the Dolben Act of 1788, introduced to improve conditions of slaves, she could have carried only about 90. The Dolben Act limited the number of slaves carried according to the tonnage of the ship. Amongst the crew is one Lewis Mingo of Bristol. The name Mingo suggests that he was a free black sailor.
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: 1748
Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers