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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]
Portrait of James Penny by Thomas Hargreaves. James Penny (died 1799) was an English merchant and slave trader who was a prominent defender of the Liverpool slave trade.The famous Penny Lane street in Liverpool has been associated with him although it is now widely regarded as of an unconnected origin.
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.
The sign on William Brown Street is the first in a series of 10 which will be placed around the city. Liverpool street plaque explaining city’s links to slave trade installed Skip to main content
The Liverpool-born politician William Roscoe was member for Liverpool in 1806–1807, and was able to vote for the abolition of the slave trade in 1807. [20] This legislation imposed fines that did little to deter slave trade participants; 29 avowed slaving voyages left Liverpool in 1808, but none in 1809, two in 1810, and two more in 1811.
It was a centre for the slave trade, until its abolition in 1807, and for emigration from northern Europe to America." Criterion (iv): "Liverpool is an outstanding example of a world mercantile port city, which represents the early development of global trading and cultural connections throughout the British Empire."
Two British slave ships off the Danish Fort Christiansborg [1]. Thomas Parr (1769–1847) was a member of an extended family of Liverpool merchants, developing his business as an English slave trader who profited from the Atlantic slave trade [2] to establish himself as "‘a merchant of great eminence in Liverpool".
Edward Parr of Castle Street, merchant and apothecary, also listed, was the first cousin of the present John Parr. Edward was a merchant and slave trader with West Africa, the West Indies and Chesapeake Bay; member of the African Company of Merchants, 1752; shipowner (True Blue, 1758, etc.); and rumoured to be 'the second richest man in Liverpool'.