'Crewing the slave trade. The Bristol ships' muster rolls, 1790-1795' in S Poole (ed), A City Built upon the Water. Maritime Bristol, 1750-1900

Details:

Author(s) Breward, Mike
Publication type Chapter
Year published 2013
Pages pp94-113
Publisher Redcliffe Press & University of the West of England
Place Published Bristol

Topics:

Name Worker / employee & work, women & men
Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc

Countries:

Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Groups:

Source guides - businesses & industries
Source guides - types

Notes:

Uses local 'muster rolls' - ie crew lists - to analyse the crews of Bristol ships engaged in the slave trade to comment on their harsh treatment on board, duties, working conditions, high mortality, etc