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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 history of Liverpool can be traced back to 1190 when the place was known as 'Liuerpul', possibly meaning a pool or creek with muddy water, though other origins of the name have been suggested. The borough was founded by royal charter in 1207 by King John , made up of only seven streets in the shape of the letter 'H'.
The International Slavery Museum is a museum located in Liverpool, UK, that focuses on the history and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade.The museum, which forms part of the Merseyside Maritime Museum, consists of three main galleries which focus on the lives of people in West Africa, their eventual enslavement, and their continued fight for freedom.
The slave ship Brooks, showing how slaves were shackled on board. Davenport was one of the world's most prolific traders in enslaved people, and by the number of ships disembarked, the single most prolific slave trader from the Port of Liverpool. [1] He took part in 163 slaving voyages and his slave ships carried almost 40,000 enslaved Africans ...
Brooks (or Brook, Brookes) was a British slave ship launched at Liverpool in 1781. She became infamous after prints of her were published in 1788. Between 1782 and 1804, she made 11 voyages from Liverpool in the triangular slave trade in enslaved people (for the Brooks, England, to Africa, to the Caribbean, and back to England).
A slave ship showing typical arrangement of slaves. 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 ...
Baker & Dawson became one of the biggest slave-trading partnerships in late 18th-century Liverpool. [citation needed] In 1786, Baker and Dawson, entered into a contract with the Spanish Government to supply slaves to Spanish America. Their vessels delivered more than 11,000 slaves. [4] It was estimated that the slaves were valued at £350,000. [5]
Liverpool's local government was "dominated by slave traders" at this time; in 1787, 37 out of 41 of the council's members were involved in the slave trade and all 20 of the Lord Mayors of Liverpool between 1787 and 1807 were involved to some degree. [6] Leyland was Lord Mayor of Liverpool himself three times in; 1798, 1814 and 1820.