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By 1750 Liverpool was the pre-eminent slave trading port in Great Britain. Thereafter Liverpool's control of the industry continued to grow. [6] In the period between 1793 and 1807, when the slave trade was abolished, Liverpool accounted for 84.7% of all slave voyages, with London accounting for 12% and Bristol 3.3%. [7]
The African Company of Merchants was established by Act of Parliament as a successor organisation to the Royal African Company in 1752. Provision was made for interested citizens to join the corporation in three cities: at foundation there were 135 members in London,157 in Bristol and 101 in Liverpool, which nevertheless had the most extensive participation in slave trade.
This is a list of slave ships. These were ships used to carry enslaved people, mainly in the Atlantic slave trade between the 16th and the 19th centuries. Abby was of 98 tons (bm). Captain Murdock Murchy sailed from Liverpool on 19 September 1795. He sailed from Africa on 15 May 1796. The French captured Abby in 1796, after she had embarked her ...
A. Accomplished Quaker (1795 ship) Active (1781 ship) Active (1789 ship) Admiral Kingsmill (1796 ship) Adventure (1799 ship) Adventure (1802 ship) Æolus (1787 ship)
Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery. UK: Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-1-84631-066-9. Schwarz, Suzanne (2008). Slave Captain - The Career of James Irving in the Liverpool Slave Trade. Liverpool University Press. Williams, Gomer (1897). History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade. W.
Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775-1815: An alphabetical list of ships. Jane M. Clayton. ISBN 978-1-908616-52-4. Gøbel, Erik (2016). The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolition. BRILL. Williams, Gomer (1897). History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade. W ...
The only slave traders based in the Port of Liverpool with more recorded voyages were William Boats with 157 and William Davenport with 155. [3] Gregson's vessels are recorded as having carried 58,201 Africans, of whom 9,148 died on board. [4] Gregson plied the Atlantic slave trade route. His ships left the Port of Liverpool loaded with goods ...
The following is a list of historical people who were enslaved at some point during their lives, in alphabetical order by first name. Several names have been added under the letter representing the person's last name.