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Muster roll

Muster roll

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Ships’ muster rolls from 29th Sept 1763 – 29th Sept 1764; Society of Merchant Venturers’ archive. Muster roll no: 169.

Muster roll for the slave ship Tryall , which sailed from Bristol to Old Calabar, West Africa in 1763. Slaves were purchsed in Africa before the ship sailed to Jamaica. It is reported that 295 male slaves and 141 female slaves from the ship were sold in 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: 1763

Copyright: Copyright The Society of Merchant Venturers

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