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Thomas Parr was born on 4th November 1769, the son of John Parr, gunmaker of Frederick Street, Liverpool, by his wife Hannah Anderton. In subsequent years, he invested in at least 30 slave voyages. One of the slave ships that he had built for the trade in enslaved people, Parr, exploded on her maiden voyage.
Thomas Parke (1729/30 – 1819) was a Liverpool slave trader, merchant, banker and privateer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was part of the complex network of business interests and finance behind the African and Atlantic slave trade of the later 18th century.
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]
In 1788, the Liverpool Council stated to Parliament "that the trade had been legally and uninterruptedly carried on for centuries past by many of [H]is Majesty's subjects, with advantages to the country, both important and extensive; but had lately been unjustly reprobated as impolitic and inhuman." [12]
Rioting broke out in Liverpool at the end of August 1775, when sailors employed in the Atlantic trade, then in a slump, objected to a cut in wages. [16] In the aftermath, Parr supplied guns, ammunition and swords to the Liverpool corporation. [17] The "tower gun" was a staple trade item at Old Calabar and generally in West Africa.
Peter Baker (1731–1796) was a privateer, shipbuilder, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and notable English slave trader. [1] [2] He formed the Liverpool shipbuilding company Baker and Dawson with his son-in-law John Dawson. Baker was a figure of political importance in Liverpool history at a time when Liverpool was the foremost slave trading hub of ...
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Although Liverpool vessels were involved in the slave trade before the dock opened, the Liverpool Merchant sailing for Africa on the 16 Oct 1699, [8] and selling 220 slaves in Barbados in 1700, [9] a second 30 tonne vessel being recorded as sailing for Africa in 1709, [10] it would have served ships involved in the Africa-America trade ...