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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".
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.
John Tarleton (1718–1773) was an English ship-owner and slave-trader, and Mayor of Liverpool in 1764.. Tarleton was born in 1718 to Thomas Tarleton, who with his brother John had been involved with trading in West Indies and Africa.
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.
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]
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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.
The release isn't the brewery's first sign-stealing beer. In 2020, the brewery mocked the Houston Astros with a similar brew after that team was involved in its own sign-stealing scandal.